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Louis Daguerre, French photographer and physicist, invented the daguerreotype (born 1787)
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Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre was a French scientist, artist and photographer recognized for his invention of the eponymous daguerreotype process of photography. He became known as one of the fathers of photography. Though he is most famous for his contributions to photography,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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