Daguerre

American  

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

noun

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

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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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Example Sentences

The man behind the technique, Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, claimed to have invented photography in France in 1839.

From BBC

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

From Seattle Times

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

From Washington Post

The story begins in 1838, when artist and inventor Louis Daguerre positioned a boxy device in the window of his Paris studio to capture the dance of light and shadow on the busy street below.

From Seattle Times

Meanwhile, Louis Daguerre, creator of the daguerreotype photographic process, had captured the earliest cityscape portraits in 1838.

From Seattle Times