Anna Atkins
English botanist and photographer (1799-1871) · United Kingdom · Scientists · Died at 72
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Something wrong?Anna Atkins was an English botanist and photographer. She is often considered the first person to publish a book illustrated with photographic images. Some sources say that she was the first woman to create a photograph.
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A cyanotype photogram made by Atkins which was part of her 1843 book, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions
Detail of title page of Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions
Cyanotype photogram of Wood Horsetail from the 1853 book Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns by Atkins and DixonFamily
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United Kingdom
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1799 to 1871 · aged 72
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