TALBOT, William Henry Fox b. 11 February 1800; d. 17 September 1877 His signature is Henry Talbot, and though he is said to have disliked being called Fox Talbot, that name has stuck. Though Fox Talbot was not the first to produce photographs, he made a major contribution to the photographic process as we know it today. Talbot studied the classics and mathematics at Cambridge, was elected a ...

Philosopher, classicist, Egyptologist, mathematician, philologist, transcriber and translator of Syrian and Chaldean cuneiform texts, physicist, and photographer.

W. H. F. Talbot can not be said to have invented photography, but he was certainly an important figure in the history of this new art. Many inventions are the product of generations of research. Among his many other innovations, Talbot gave us the negative-positive method that is used today, and also worked to popularize photography. His work in photography does not tell the entire story of this colorful and interesting character.