Marcellin Jobard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marcellin Jobard

Belgian inventor, lithographer and photographer

Date of Birth: 17-May-1792

Place of Birth: Baissey, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 27-Oct-1861

Profession: photographer, journalist, lithographer

Nationality: Belgium, France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jean-Baptiste-Ambroise-Marcellin Jobard (17 May 1792 – 27 October 1861) was a Belgian lithographer, photographer and inventor of French origin.
Founder of the first significant Belgian lithographic establishment, first photographer in Belgium on 16 September 1839, director of the Musée de l’Industrie de Bruxelles (Industry Museum of Brussels) from 1841 to 1861, Jobard played a role, in the artistic, technological, scientific and industrial development of Belgium during the Dutch period and the reign of Leopold I.