Louis Daguerre

[removed account4]

just a shout out and happy birthday to someone who made all this possible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Daguerre

 

[Sirius Glass]

Sorry, he is just not my type.

 

[charlief64]

Happy Birthday Louis ! MERCI !

 

[Hexavalent]

I wonder if Hippolyte Bayard will be at the party..

 

[Sirius Glass]

What about Joseph Nicéphore Niépce? His birthday is 7 March.

 

[BrianShaw]

Happy Birthday, Monsieur.

 

[JG Motamedi]

Google has created an icon (today only) in his honor. Oddly, November 18 is also my birthday, although I am only a fifth of his age.

 

[removed account4]

jason, it seems that your medium of choice is quite fitting
joyeux anniversaire !

 

[JG Motamedi]

Thanks John! I actually didn't know we shared a birthday until this morning, thanks to Google.

 

[vpwphoto]

This is a great historical fiction read.

http://books.google.com/books/about/The_mercury_visions_of_Louis_Daguerre.html?id=Md-iPhgC040C