Nicéphore Niépce
Inventor
1765 – 1833
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Who was Nicéphore Niépce?
Nicéphore Niépce March 7, 1765 – July 5, 1833 was a French inventor, most noted as one of the inventors of photography and a pioneer in the field. He developed heliography, a technique used to produce the world's oldest surviving photograph in 1825. Among Niépce's other inventions was the Pyréolophore, the world's first 'internal combustion engine', which he conceived, created, and developed with his older brother Claude.
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- Born
- Mar 7, 1765
Chalon-sur-Saône - Also known as
- Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
- Nicephore Niepce
- Joseph Nicephore Niepce
- Jose Nicéphore Niépce
- Siblings
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Lived in
- Burgundy
- Died
- Jul 5, 1833
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
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on July 23, 2013
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