william henry fox talbot

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Definition of william henry fox talbot in English English dictionary

a British photographer who was the first to invent a way of making more than one photograph from the same negative (=image on a piece of film that shows dark areas as light and light areas as dark) (1800-1877). born Feb. 11, 1800, Melbury Abbas, Dorset, Eng. died Sept. 17, 1877, Lacock Abbey, near Chippenham, Wiltshire English chemist and pioneer photographer. In 1840 he developed the calotype, an early photographic process that improved on the daguerreotype; it involved the use of a photographic negative from which multiple prints could be made. In 1835 he published his first article documenting a photographic discovery, that of the paper negative. His The Pencil of Nature (1844-46) was the first book with photographic illustrations. Talbot also published many articles on mathematics, astronomy, and physics

Hyphenation

Wil·liam Hen·ry Fox Tal·bot

Turkish pronunciation

wîlyım henri fäks tälbıt

Pronunciation

/ˈwəlyəm ˈhenrē ˈfäks ˈtalbət/ /ˈwɪljəm ˈhɛnriː ˈfɑːks ˈtælbət/