Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877

Library of congress: n 79138724

• Shizen no enpitsu (自然の鉛筆 ) = The pencil of nature / William Henry Fox Talbot, 2016
• His The pencil of nature, 1844
• LCCN 15-20445: Tissandier, G. A history and handbook of photography, 1878(hdg.: Talbot, William Henry Fox, 1800-1877; usage: Henry Fox Talbot) ( (Record enhanced with data from: The IMAGINE Thesaurus - The Israel Museum Jerusalem Thesaurus - Artist names authority file) )
• The photographic news, v. 1, no. 3 (Sept. 24, 1858):p. [25] (Mr. Fox Talbot; Mr. H. Fox Talbot)
• Oxford DNB (Oct. 19, 2011)(Talbot, William Henry Fox; b. Melbury, Dorset, Feb. 11, 1800, d. Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire, Sept. 17, 1877; "Although referred to as Fox Talbot by some of his contemporaries and many later writers, Talbot strongly disliked this use of the family name, almost always signing Henry F. Talbot or H.F. Talbot")

William Henry Fox Talbot (; 11 February 1800 – 17 September 1877) was an English scientist, inventor, and photography pioneer who invented the salted paper and calotype processes, precursors to photographic processes of the later 19th and 20th centuries. His work in the 1840s on photomechanical reproduction led to the creation of the photoglyphic engraving process, the precursor to photogravure. He was the holder of a controversial patent that affected the early development of commercial photography in Britain. He was also a noted photographer who contributed to the development of photography as an artistic medium. He published The Pencil of Nature (1844–1846), which was illustrated with original salted paper prints from his calotype negatives and made some important early photographs of Oxford, Paris, Reading, and York. A polymath, Talbot was elected to the Royal Society in 1831 for his work on the integral calculus, and researched in optics, chemistry, electricity and other subjects such as etymology, the decipherment of cuneiform, and ancient history.

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