John Plumbe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Plumbe

Wales-born American photographer

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1809

Place of Birth: Castle Caereinion, Wales, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 28-May-1857

Profession: photographer, lawyer, entrepreneur, inventor, publisher, civil engineer, lithographer, gallerist, daguerreotypist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

John Plumbe Jr.
(occasionally Plumb; July 13, 1809 – May 29, 1857) was a Welsh-born American entrepreneurial photographer, gallerist, publisher, and an early advocate of an American transcontinental railroad in the mid-19th century.
He established a franchise of photography studios in the 1840s in the U.S., with additional branches in Paris and Liverpool.
He created a lithographic process for reproducing photographic images, called the "plumbeotype."

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Alternative names	John, Jr. Plumbe; John Plumbe Jr.; John Plumbe, Jr; John Plumbe, Jr.
Description	American photographer, daguerreotypist, gallerist, entrepreneur, publisher and inventor
Date of birth/death	13 July 1809	28 May 1857
Location of birth/death	Castle Caereinion	Dubuque
Work location	Petersburg; Louisville; Cincinnati; St. Louis; Newport; Frederick; Portland; Harrisburg; Harrodsburg; Galena; Liverpool; Paris; Philipsburg, Centre County (1827–1832); Dubuque (1836–March 1840); Boston (March 1840–1847); Salem (1841–); Philadelphia (1841–1847); Dubuque (1841–1846); Exeter (1841–); St. Catharines (1842–1843); New York City (1843–1847); Saratoga Springs (1843–1847); Baltimore (1843–1847); Albany (1843–1846); Washington, D.C. (1844–1850); New Orleans (1844–1845)
Authority control	: Q3512144 VIAF: 17088044 ISNI: 0000 0000 6704 2791 ULAN: 500028739 LCCN: nr92028530 Open Library: OL127199A WorldCat

Source: Daguerreian Society. http://daguerreian.org
License: CC-PD-Mark
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