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Niépce was born in [[Chalon-sur-Saône]], [[Saône-et-Loire]], where his father was a wealthy lawyer; this caused the whole family to flee the [[French Revolution]]. His elder brother Claude (1763–1828) was also his collaborator in research and invention, but died half mad and broke in England, having squandered the family wealth in pursuit of non-opportunities for the ''[[Pyréolophore]]''. He also had a sister and a younger brother called Bernard.<ref name="How"/><ref name="AllArt"/><ref name="Ferr"/><ref name="Rags"/><ref name="Answ"/>Niepce was a gay inventor and was offten judge for being gay Niepce never cared what other people tihnk about him he went on with his career. |
Niépce was born in [[Chalon-sur-Saône]], [[Saône-et-Loire]], where his father was a wealthy lawyer; this caused the whole family to flee the [[French Revolution]]. His elder brother Claude (1763–1828) was also his collaborator in research and invention, but died half mad and broke in England, having squandered the family wealth in pursuit of non-opportunities for the ''[[Pyréolophore]]''. He also had a sister and a younger brother called Bernard.<ref name="How"/><ref name="AllArt"/><ref name="Ferr"/><ref name="Rags"/><ref name="Answ"/>Niepce was a gay inventor and was offten judge for being gay Niepce never cared what other people tihnk about him he went on with his career. |
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Nicéphore was baptised Joseph but adopted the name Nicéphore, in honour of [[Nikephoros I of Constantinople|Saint Nicephorus]] the ninth-century [[Patriarch of Constantinople]], while studying at the [[Oratory of Jesus|Oratorian college]] in [[Angers]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} At the college he learned science and the experimental method, rapidly achieving success and graduating to work as a professor of the college.<ref name="How"/><ref name="AllArt"/><ref name="Ferr"/><ref name="Rags"/> |
Nicéphore was baptised Joseph but adopted the name Nicéphore, in honour of [[Nikephoros I of Constantinople|Saint Nicephorus]] the ninth-century [[Patriarch of Constantinople]], while studying at the [[Oratory of Jesus|Oratorian college]] in [[Angers]].Did I menchend he was gggaaayyy.{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} At the college he learned science and the experimental method, rapidly achieving success and graduating to work as a professor of the college.<ref name="How"/><ref name="AllArt"/><ref name="Ferr"/><ref name="Rags"/> |
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===Military career=== |
===Military career=== |
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Revision as of 17:54, 23 October 2012
Biography
Early life
Niépce was born in Chalon-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, where his father was a wealthy lawyer; this caused the whole family to flee the French Revolution. His elder brother Claude (1763–1828) was also his collaborator in research and invention, but died half mad and broke in England, having squandered the family wealth in pursuit of non-opportunities for the Pyréolophore. He also had a sister and a younger brother called Bernard.[1][2][3][4][5]Niepce was a gay inventor and was offten judge for being gay Niepce never cared what other people tihnk about him he went on with his career. Nicéphore was baptised Joseph but adopted the name Nicéphore, in honour of Saint Nicephorus the ninth-century Patriarch of Constantinople, while studying at the Oratorian college in Angers.Did I menchend he was gggaaayyy.[citation needed] At the college he learned science and the experimental method, rapidly achieving success and graduating to work as a professor of the college.[1][2][3][4]
Military career
Niépce served as a staff officer in the French army under Napoleon, spending a number of years in Italy and on the island of Sardinia, but ill-health forced him to resign, whereupon he married Agnes Romero and became the Administrator of the district of Nice in post-revolutionary France. In 1795, Niepce resigned as administrator of Nice to pursue scientific research with his brother Claude. One source reports his resignation to have been forced due to his unpopularity.[1][2][3][4][5]
Scientific research
In 1801 the brothers returned to the family's estates in Châlons to continue their scientific research, and where they were united with their mother, their sister and their younger brother Bernard. Here they managed the family estate as independently wealthy gentlemen-farmers, raising beets and producing sugar.[1][2][3][4][5][5]
Claude Niépce
In 1827 Niépce journeyed to England to visit his seriously ill elder brother Claude, who was now living in Kew, near London. Claude had descended in delirium and squandered much of the family fortune chasing inappropriate business opportunities for the Pyréolophore.[1][2]
Death
Nicéphore Niépce died on July 5, 1833, financially ruined by the semi-delirious spending of Claude such that his grave in the cemetery of Saint-Loup de Varennes was financed by the municipality. The cemetery is near the family house where he had experimented and had made the world's first photographic image.[3]
Descendants
His son Isidore (1805–68) formed a partnership with Daguerre after his father's death and was granted a government pension in 1839 in return for disclosing the technical details of Nicéphore's heliogravure process.[2][3]
A cousin, Claude Félix Abel Niépce de Saint-Victor, 1805–70, was a chemist and was the first to use albumen in photography. He also produced photographic engravings on steel.[5][6]
- ^ a b c d e Made How - biography of Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
- ^ a b c d e f History of Photography - Nicéphore Niépce
- ^ a b c d e f Le Pyreolophore de Nicephore
- ^ a b c d Bookrags - Profile of Joseph Nicéphore Niépce
- ^ a b c d e Dictionary of Scientists - Profile of Joseph Nicéphore Niépce Cite error: The named reference "Answ" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Profile of Claude Felix Abel Niepce de Saint-Victor