Frederick Scott Archer
Frederick Scott Archer (* 1813 in Bishop's Stortford , Hertfordshire , † May 2, 1857 in London ) was a British sculptor and photography pioneer . In 1851 he developed the collodion wet plate for photographic recordings.
life and work
Frederick Scott Archer, born in 1813 as the son of a butcher in Bishop's Stortford in England, experimented with Talbot's calotype for his works in order to be able to produce photographic templates for his work. For this he took off in 1848, the collodion one, in 1851 he published then a detailed description of which he developed from collodion process.
Archer decided not to apply for a patent for his invention, but disputes arose with Le Gray and Talbot over the copyrights of the process. After the patent office had rejected the claims for a patent by Le Gray and Talbot, the free use of the collodion wet plate was possible.
The Archer Glacier in Antarctica is named in his honor .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Biographical data from Frederick Scott Archer in the Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology
- ^ Biographical data of Frederick Scott Archer in The New Encyclopaedia Britannica
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Archer, Frederick Scott |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British sculptor and photography pioneer, developer of the collodion wet plate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bishop's Stortford Hertfordshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 1857 |
| Place of death | London |