Frederick Scott Archer

English photographer and sculptor

Frederick Scott Archer (30 August 1814 – 1 May 1857) was an English chemist, photographer, inventor and sculptor who is best known for having invented the photographic collodion process which preceded the dry gelatin emulsion used on plates and films. He was born in Hertford, within the county of Hertfordshire, England (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and is remembered mainly for this single achievement which greatly increased the accessibility of photography for the general public.

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