Vincent Chevalier

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Vincent Chevalier
Born1770 (1770)
Died1841 (aged 70–71)
Paris, France
OccupationOptician

Vincent Chevalier (1770 - 1841) was a French engineer, inventor and optician.[1][2]

Biography

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He was born in 1770 in Paris, France.[1] He played a key role in the history of the camera.[1]

The very first photograph was taken in 1825 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, a French inventor who used a sliding wooden camera box made by Chevalier.[3][2]

He died in 1841 in Paris, France.[1]

His son became a manufacturer of cameras and lenses.[3]

Legacy

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Chevalier was the first to develop a microscope to use a combination of lens elements corrected for chromatic aberrations.[4]

The sophisticated compound lenses manufactured by Chevalier were described as the "cutting-edge technological craftsmanship of the day".[1]

See also

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References

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