Thomas Wedgwood
British physicist
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Thomas Wedgwood, son of the potter Josiah Wedgwood, was an English chemist who experimented with recording images using silver nitrate-sensitized paper in 1802. While he could capture silhouettes, he was unable to make the images permanent. His friend, Sir Humphry Davy, published an account of these experiments, marking the first published attempt at creating photographs. Wedgwood's work predates later photographic processes developed by figures like Nicéphore Niépce and William Henry Fox Talbot.12
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