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Daguerre

American  
[duh-gair, da-ger] / dəˈgɛər, daˈgɛr /

noun

  1. Louis Jacques Mandé 1789–1851, French painter and inventor of the daguerreotype.


Daguerre British  
/ daɡɛr /

noun

  1. Louis Jacques Mandé (lwi ʒɑk mɑ̃de). 1789–1851, French inventor, who devised one of the first practical photographic processes (1838)

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Ms Quinn said: "Daguerre developed a way of taking pictures using a polished silvered plate and a camera. This produced a single image printed directly onto a plate with astonishing clarity, named the daguerreotype."

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2024

Tuesday’s announcement will affect the Daguerre Point Dam near the Northern California city of Marysville.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2023

The family, who wishes to remain unknown, had asked Malo de Lussac of auctioneers Daguerre Val de Loire to estimate the value of their house but instead discovered a masterpiece.

From Reuters • Mar. 27, 2023

The photographic processes devised by such 1830s pioneers as Louis Daguerre and William Fox Talbot were influential but soon abandoned.

From Washington Post • Aug. 5, 2022

As they head toward Belle Isle he delivers a disquisition on the history of photography, how Nicephore Niepce invented it, and how Daguerre got all the credit.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides