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Henry Fox Talbot

1800 - 1877

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William Henry Fox Talbot (; 11 February 1800 – 17 September 1877) was an English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic processes of the later 19th and 20th centuries. His work in the 1840s on photomechanical reproduction led to the creation of the photoglyphic engraving process, the precursor to photogravure. He was the holder of a controversial patent that affected the early development of commercial photography in Britain. He was also a noted photographer who contributed to the development of photography as an artistic medium. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Fox Talbot is the 69th most popular inventor (down from 59th in 2019), the 655th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 393rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Inventor.

Henry Fox Talbot is most famous for his invention of the calotype process, which was a photographic process that could produce an image on paper.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Henry Fox Talbot ranks 69 out of 426. Before him are Étienne Lenoir, Theodore Maiman, Louis Renault, Isaac Singer, Alberto Santos-Dumont, and John Deere. After him are Josephine Cochrane, Les Paul, Ruth Handler, Claude Chappe, George Eastman, and Léon Theremin.

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Among people born in 1800, Henry Fox Talbot ranks 9. Before him are Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, John Edward Gray, Millard Fillmore, Emperor Ninkō, France Prešeren, and Charles Goodyear. After him are Jean-Baptiste Dumas, John Brown, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, John Nelson Darby, James Clark Ross, and Ludwig Ritter von Köchel. Among people deceased in 1877, Henry Fox Talbot ranks 8. Before him are Brigham Young, Urbain Le Verrier, Adolphe Thiers, Saigō Takamori, Maria Anna of Bavaria, and Gustav, Prince of Vasa. After him are Crazy Horse, Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Sophie of Württemberg, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Juan Manuel de Rosas, and Cornelius Vanderbilt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Fox Talbot ranks 655 out of 8,785. Before him are John Bonham (1948), Graham Hill (1929), John Dowland (1563), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), and Matthew Lewis (1775). After him are Benny Hill (1924), Kate Winslet (1975), Patrick White (1912), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), Gustav Holst (1874), and Oliver Reed (1938).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Henry Fox Talbot ranks 11. Before him are John Logie Baird (1888), Thomas Newcomen (1663), John Herschel (1792), Frank Whittle (1907), Richard Trevithick (1771), and John Boyd Dunlop (1840). After him are Rowland Hill (1795), Thomas Savery (1650), John Harrison (1693), Richard Arkwright (1732), Henry Bessemer (1813), and William Webb Ellis (1806).

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