John William Draper
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John William Draper was an English polymath: a scientist, philosopher, physician, chemist, historian and photographer. He is credited with pioneering portrait photography (1839-40) and producing one of the first detailed photographs of the moon in 1840.
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Daguerreotype from a group of portraits believed to have been made by Draper in 1839. It is one of the few early portraits which required the subject to keep his eyes closed due to the bright light.
The earliest surviving daguerreotype of the Moon by Draper (1840)![Copy of a photograph of Dorothy Catherine Draper (1807-1901) taken by John Draper c. 1840. Plate size: 8.3×10.2 cm (3 1/4×4 in).[5] See also another copy.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Dorothy_Draper.jpg/1280px-Dorothy_Draper.jpg)
Copy of a photograph of Dorothy Catherine Draper (1807-1901) taken by John Draper c. 1840. Plate size: 8.3×10.2 cm (3 1/4×4 in).[5] See also another copy.
The Draper House (Henry Draper Observatory).Awards 1
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John William Draper was an English polymath: a scientist, philosopher, physician, chemist, historian and photographer. He is credited with pioneering portrait photography (1839-40) and producing one of the first detailed photographs of the moon in 1840. He was also the first president of the American Chemical Society (1876-77) and a founder of the New York University School of Medicine.
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