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Louis Daguerre — Painter and stage designer, maker of the daguerreotype, 1787–1851
A stage designer and panorama painter, creator of the Diorama that opened in Paris in 1822, he went into partnership in 1829 with a Burgundian inventor who was trying to fix images. After his partner’s death he continued alone and perfected a process on silvered plate, whose rights the State bought from him in exchange for a pension. (Editorial synthesis)
Louis Daguerre was born on 18 November 1787. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Louis Daguerre was born in Cormeilles-en-Parisis. (source: Larousse)
Louis Daguerre died on 10 July 1851. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Louis Daguerre died in Bry-sur-Marne. (source: Larousse)
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