William Henry Fox Talbot

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British b. 11 February 1800, Melbury Sampford, Dorset, England^[1] d. 17 September 1877, Lacock

William Henry Fox Talbot was a pioneering British inventor and photographer. He is best known for developing the calotype process (the first negative-positive photographic process) in 1840. A scholar and scientist, he lived much of his life at Lacock Abbey. His notebooks, specifically P & Q, provide primary records of his early experiments with photography.^[1]

• calotype
• negative-positive photography
• early photographic processes