William Henry Fox Talbot: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Feb 07, 2026
Anniversary information added. Sep 13, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Photography History Facts - Henry Fox Talbot. Apr 25, 2022
Article revised and updated. Jun 03, 2021
Add new Web site: International Photography Hall of Fame - Biography of William Henry Fox Talbot. Feb 06, 2019
Add new Web site: The MacTutor History of Mathematics - Biography of Henry Fox Talbot. Feb 19, 2013
Add new Web site: The Met - William Henry Fox Talbot and the Invention of Photography. Feb 19, 2013
Changed birth location from "Melbury Abbas" to "Melbury Sampford." Mar 09, 2011
Added new Web site: The Getty - Biography of William Henry Fox Talbot. Dec 18, 2007
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of William Henry Fox Talbot.
  • Gaurav Shukla
May 03, 2007
Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of William Henry Fox Talbot.
  • Gaurav Shukla
Nov 29, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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