William henry talbot biography

William Henry Fox Talbot was mathematician, archaeologist, and one of the most important pioneers of photography. He was inventor of the first predecessor of the modern analog photographic process with negatives as originals and positive prints as copies of the photographs.

Fox Talbox called these types of images Calotypes, and they also became known as Talbotypes.

He was born on February 11th in Melbury, Dorset as son of cavalry captain Mr. William Davenport Talbot and Lady Elizabeth Fox-Strangways.

Since his father died early he grew up at the homes of several relatives. Since they sent him to Hooker's private school in Rottingdean, and later to the school of Harrow.

William henry fox talbot

He learned French, Italian, Latin and Greek, even Hebrew language, and he was interested in chemistry and botany. When he was fifteen he moved to private teachers in Castleford, Yorkshire. In he became a freshman at Trinity College in Cambridge.

He won several awards during his