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Warren de la Rue, British astronomer and physicist, 1882.Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Warren de la Rue, British astronomer and physicist, 1882. De La Rue (1815-1889) was a brilliant astronomer who discovered 525 nebulae. A pioneer of astronomical photography, he invented the photoheliograph, a device which allowed the Sun to be mapped using photography. De la Rue also invented the silver chloride battery, researched the discharge of electricity in gases and carried out research on photo-active chemicals and the wave theory of light. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock and Whitfield, with brief biographical notices by Thompson Cooper. (Conducted by G. C. Whitfield.) (London, 1876-1883).
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AR944339
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Image
Purpose
Public
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3778px × 4647px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
Astronomer
Astronomy
B&W
B/W
Beard
BEARDED
Black & White
Black and white
BODY
CAMERA
concept
INNOVATION
Inventor
JOB
Lock &
Lock & Whitfield
Male
Man
Men
Monochrome
NINETEENTH CENTURY
OCCUPATION
People
Photograph
photoheliograph
PHYSICIST
Portrait
Print Collector3
PROFESSION
RUE
Science
Scientist
The Print Collector
Victorian
Warren De La
Warren De La Rue
Whitfield