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#70056. smartie806
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This man made many advancing in photography (he actually created "photography") and knew many scientists and mathematicians of his time. He is associated with a certain series of articles in the "New York Sun." What were the articles, and who is the man?
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Lilady
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Matthew Brady?
Aug 25 06, 7:48 AM
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zbeckabee
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Sounds like Henry Fox Talbot.
Aug 25 06, 7:57 AM
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smartie806
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No. The series in the "Sun" was a fraud, and he is credited with creating the actual word "photography."
Aug 25 06, 2:05 PM
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zbeckabee
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In 1835, the New York Sun newspaper wrote a series of satiric articles that came to be known as the Great Moon Hoax, with statements falsely attributed to John Herschel about his supposed discoveries of animals living on the Moon, including batlike winged humanoids.
 http://www.danceage.com/biography/sdmc_John_Herschel
Aug 25 06, 2:48 PM
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smartie806
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Yes, zbeckabee! It was Herschel.
Aug 25 06, 2:50 PM
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lanfranco
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I might point out that "creating" photography and coining the term "photography" are two different things.
Aug 25 06, 5:56 PM
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zbeckabee
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Yup...I saw that too...but, apparently he didn't have a name for it???
Aug 25 06, 6:37 PM
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lanfranco
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And that's my point, zbeck. Herschel didn't invent (that is, "create") photography, he merely came up with a name for it and made some contributions to its development.
Aug 25 06, 7:35 PM
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zbeckabee
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Gotcha!!! I thought you were talking about "creating the WORD photography" versus "coining the TERM photography."
Aug 25 06, 7:55 PM
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