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Portrait of William Henry Fox Talbot. Source and license are linked in the caption.

William Henry Fox Talbot

Born

British inventor and photographer (1800–1877).

Quick Facts

Died
1877-09-17
Occupation
patent inventor · photographer · anthropologist · politician · inventor · chemist · mathematician · assyriologist · archaeologist · world traveler · botanist · Egyptologist · physicist · orientalist · botanical collector · photochemist
Citizenship
Kingdom of Great Britain · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Birthplace
Dorset · Melbury Sampford
Membership
Royal Society of London · since 17 March 1831
Membership
Royal Astronomical Society · since 1822

Relationships

William Henry Fox Talbot is the child of William Davenport Talbot and Elizabeth Theresa Fox- Strangways.

Spouses & partners

Family

Awards & Nominations

Date / resultAward / category
1863
Received		honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh
1858
Received		Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
1842
Received		Rumford Medal
1838
Received		Royal Medal
1837
Received		Royal Society Bakerian Medal
1831
Received		Fellow of the Royal Society
1820
Received		Porson Prize

Works & Screen Credits

  • Talbot effect
  • The Pencil of Nature
  • calotype
  • photoglyphic engraving

Education

William Henry Fox Talbot attended Harrow School until 1815.

  • Harrow School1810 — 1815
  • Trinity College1817 — 1821

Languages

Other languages

  • English

Sources & Credits

Wikidata · Q299565 ↗
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