Fox Talbot

British

/ ˈtɔːlbət /

noun

William Henry. See Talbot

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Fox Talbot

The team turned to the Talbot effect, a classical optics phenomenon first described in 1836 by Henry Fox Talbot.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 1, 2026

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

Lacock Abbey, one of many locations to become Hogwarts, is a country house with monastic roots and was once the home of William Henry Fox Talbot, inventor of the photographic negative.

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2021

Maybe Warhol had photography inventor William Henry Fox Talbot in mind when he chose shadows for an environmental painting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2014

Henneman had been a servant to Fox Talbot, and worked his process under favourable conditions.

From The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years by Werge, John

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