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Robert Cornelius

1809 - 1893

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Robert Cornelius (; March 1, 1809 – August 10, 1893) was an American photographer and pioneer in the history of photography. His daguerreotype self-portrait taken in 1839 is generally accepted as the first known photographic portrait of a person taken in the United States, and a significant achievement for self-portraiture. He operated some of the earliest photography studios in the United States between 1840 and 1842 and implemented innovative techniques to significantly reduce the exposure time required for portraits. Cornelius was an inventor, businessman and lamp manufacturer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Cornelius is the 279th most popular inventor (down from 257th in 2019), the 5,529th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,222nd in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Robert Cornelius ranks 279 out of 426. Before him are Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Jacob W. Davis, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Alexander Bain, James Nasmyth, and Frederick Scott Archer. After him are Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Joseph Aspdin, Lester Allan Pelton, Valerie Thomas, Joseph Whitworth, and Beulah Louise Henry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Robert Cornelius ranks 52. Before him are Benjamin Peirce, Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán, James Glaisher, Manuel Montt, Louis Charles Delescluze, and Rutherford Alcock. After him are Santiago Derqui, Cyrus McCormick, Johann Heinrich Blasius, Nicolaas Pieneman, James David Forbes, and Petrus Borel. Among people deceased in 1893, Robert Cornelius ranks 56. Before him are Grigor Parlichev, Concepción Arenal, Arabo, Georgi Pulevski, John Abbott, and Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ. After him are Jean Dufresne, Grigory Gagarin, Ibrahim Edhem Pasha, Adolphe Yvon, Joseph Hellmesberger Sr., and Michał Elwiro Andriolli.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Cornelius ranks 5,529 out of 20,380. Before him are Forrest Smithson (1884), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), Allen Iverson (1975), Sammy Gravano (1945), Roy Buchanan (1939), and Carol Potter (1948). After him are David Sanborn (1945), Anna Kendrick (1985), Billy Hart (1940), Ellen Corby (1911), Dorothy Lamour (1914), and Dennis Franz (1944).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Robert Cornelius ranks 69. Before him are Charles Martin Hall (1863), Marcian Hoff (1937), George Pullman (1831), Glenn Curtiss (1878), Michael S. Hart (1947), and Ray Dolby (1933). After him are Lester Allan Pelton (1829), Valerie Thomas (1943), Beulah Louise Henry (1888), Cyrus McCormick (1809), Mark Rober (1980), and Ralph Hartley (1888).

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