Louis Daguerre: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Helmut Gernsheim and Alison Gernsheim, L.J.M. Daguerre: The History of the Diorama and the Daguerreotype (1968; rev. ed., with a new preface by the authors, of L.J.M. Daguerre (1787–1851), The World’s First Photographer, 1956).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Nov 14, 2025
Anniversary information added. Jul 06, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Feb 26, 2024
Modified link of Web site: The Franklin Institute - Daguerreotype Photography. Aug 25, 2023
Add new Web site: Smarthistory - Biography of Louis Daguerre. Feb 06, 2019
Add new Web site: The Franklin Institute - Daguerreotype Photography. Feb 06, 2019
Add new Web site: The Met - Daguerre (1787�1851) and the Invention of Photography. Feb 06, 2019
Changed article title from Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre to Louis Daguerre. Sep 28, 2016
Add new Web site: The Getty - Biography of Louis-Jacques-Mand� Daguerre. Jul 07, 2014
Add new Web site: International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum - Biography of Louis Jacques Mande-Daguerre. Mar 06, 2014
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Louis Jacques Mand� Daguerre. Nov 29, 2011
Article revised and updated. Nov 17, 2006
Bibliography revised. Nov 17, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jan 12, 2000
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