Frederick Scott Archer

Photographer, Inventor

1813 – 1857

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Who was Frederick Scott Archer?

Frederick Scott Archer invented the photographic collodion process which preceded the modern gelatin emulsion. He was born in either Bishop's Stortford or more likely Hertford in the United Kingdom and is remembered mainly for this single achievement which greatly increased the accessibility of photography for the general public.

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Born
1813
Bishop's Stortford
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Lived in
  • Bishop's Stortford
Died
May 1, 1857

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on July 23, 2013

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