John Dillwyn Llewelyn

John Dillwyn Llewellyn

John Dillwyn Llewelyn (born January 12, 1810 in Swansea , † August 1882 in London ) was a British botanist and pioneer in the field of photography .

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John Dillwyn Llewelyn was a son of the botanist and politician Lewis Weston Dillwyn and his wife Mary Llewelyn of Llangyfelach, but took the surname of his maternal grandfather. He studied at Oriel College , Oxford (1827) and, like his father, became a botanist. In 1835 he was High Sheriff of Glamorgan . The following year he became a member of the Royal Photographic Society . With Charles Wheatstone he worked on the development of the electric telegraph .

Llewelyn developed an interest in photography early on. His oldest daguerreotype dates from 1840. The Swansea Museum has a large collection of his photographs. He worked with William Henry Fox Talbot on photography improvements.

Llewelyn was married to Emma, daughter of Thomas Mansel Talbot of Margam. From the marriage the future politician John Talbot Dillwyn-Llewelyn (1836-1927) emerged, who among other things was High Sheriff of Glamorgan and Mayor of Swansea.

Web links

His works in the Swansea Museum

Commons : John Dillwyn Llewelyn - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Deborah C. Fisher: Who's who in Welsh history. Christopher Davies, Swansea 1997, accessed from the British Biographical Archive, p. 139.
^ John Dillwyn Llewelyn, In: The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940 / under the auspices of the Honorable Society of Cymmrodorion. London 1959, retrieved from the British Biographical Archive, p. 288.

personal data
SURNAME	Dillwyn Llewelyn, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British botanist and pioneer in the field of photography
DATE OF BIRTH	January 12, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH	Swansea
DATE OF DEATH	August 1882
Place of death	London

[1] Deborah C. Fisher: Who's who in Welsh history. Christopher Davies, Swansea 1997, accessed from the British Biographical Archive, p. 139.

[2] John Dillwyn Llewelyn, In: The Dictionary of Welsh Biography Down to 1940 / under the auspices of the Honorable Society of Cymmrodorion. London 1959, retrieved from the British Biographical Archive, p. 288.