Vincent Chevalier
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Vincent Chevalier | |
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Born | 1770 |
Died | 1841 Paris, France |
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Optician |
Vincent Chevalier (1770 - 1841) was a French engineer, inventor and optician.[1][2]
Biography
He was born in 1770 in Paris, France.[1] He played a key role in the history of the camera.[1]
The very first photograph was taken in 1825 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, a French inventor who used a sliding wooden camera box made by Chevalier.[3][2]
He died in 1841 in Paris, France.[1]
His son became a manufacturer of cameras and lenses.[3]
Legacy
Chevalier was the first to develop a microscope to use a combination of lens elements corrected for chromatic aberrations.[4]
The sophisticated compound lenses manufactured by Chevalier were described as the "cutting-edge technological craftsmanship of the day".[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "Vincent Chevalier – Who Knew Whom". culturalcartography.net.
- ^ a b "Vincent Chevalier | Biography". www.mutualart.com.
- ^ a b "When Was The Camera Invented?".
- ^ "Molecular Expressions Microscopy Primer: Museum of Microscopy - Nineteenth Century Microscopes". micro.magnet.fsu.edu.
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