Wiltshire, Sir William Henry Fox Talbot, known as the father of modern ... With this negative, Talbot realised he could make multiple prints, revolutionising the field of photography and laying ...

William Henry Fox Talbot was born on 11 February 1800 in Melbury ... His process based the prints on paper that had been made light sensitive, rather than bitumen or copper-paper.

January: Englishman William Henry Fox Talbot presents to the Royal Society ... Replaced with wet collodion negatives and positive paper prints that dominate photography next 25 years.

Michael Mosley describes the scientific achievements of Louis Daguerre and William Henry Fox Talbot. In 1826 Nicephore Niepce took the first photograph. In 1839 Louis Daguerre agreed to work with ...