talbot

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun English inventor and pioneer in photography who published the first book illustrated with photographs (1800-1877)

Etymology

After Henry Fox Talbot, a 19th-century pioneer of photography.

In classic literature

Synonyms

Fox Talbot, William Henry Fox Talbot

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