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William Henry Fox Talbot
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William Henry Fox Talbot

Inventor · born February 11, 1800 · died 1877

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William Henry Fox Talbot 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.

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  1. ~31Received the Fellow of the Royal Society1831
  2. ~38Received the Royal Medal1838
  3. ~42Received the Rumford Medal1842

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