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Nicéphore Niépce

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Nicéphore Niépce

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Also known as Nikifor Niėps, Joseph Nicéphore Niepce, J.-N. Niepce, Joseph Niépce, Zhozef Nisefor Nʹeps, Joseph Nicephore Niepce, Joseph Niepce, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce

French inventor and photographer (1765-1833)

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Nicéphore Niépce was a French inventor and photographer who lived from 1765 to 1833 and is credited with creating one of the earliest photographic images. His pioneering work in capturing images through chemical and light-based processes helped establish the foundation for modern photography.

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Instance of
human
Given name
Joseph
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Chalon-sur-Saône
Place of death
Saint-Loup-de-Varennes
Occupation
inventor
Languages spoken
French
Notable work
photography
Field of work
photogrammetry
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Posthumous portrait of Nicéphore Niépce.jpg
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date of birth
1765-03-07
date of death
1833-07-05
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manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
myocardial infarction
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
name in native language
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
birth name
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
relative
Abel Niepce de Saint-Victor
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Nicéphore Niépce
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Nicéphore Niépce
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Joseph Nicéphore Niépce ( French: [nisefɔʁ njɛps]; 7 March 1765 – 5 July 1833) was a French inventor and one of the pioneers of photography. Niépce developed heliography, a technique he used to create the world's oldest surviving products of a photographic process. In the mid-1820s, he used a primitive camera to produce the oldest surviving photograph of a real-world scene. Among Niépce's other inventions was the Pyréolophore, one of the world's first internal combustion engines, which he conceived, created, and developed with his older brother Claude Niépce.

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