Mungo Ponton
Anwalt, Erfinder
Lebensdaten[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
(Edinburgh / Schottland 20.11.1801 - 03.08.1880 Bristol)
Werdegang[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
Anwalt und Mitgründer der National Bank of Scotland
frühes Interesse an Fotografie und Entwicklung eines Fotopapiers auf Grundlage von dichromatischer Pottasche
"The Scottish lawyer Mungo Ponton was the inventor of a photographic process that was to lead to developments that would have a huge impact on the visual culture of the nineteenth century and beyond through the mechanical reproduction of photographic images. ... Ponton deserves the accolade of a pioneer of photography although he left it to others to exploit the use of potassium dichromate and the processes that were a direct consequence of Ponton’s discovery include; gum bichromate, carbon printing, photogravure, Woodburytype, Autotype and collotype." [1]
Literatur[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
"The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography", London 1974, Focal Press, (zweibändige Ausgabe)
John Hannavy: "Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography", New York 2008, Routledge (2 Bände), ISBN 978-0-415-97235-2
Quelle[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]
- ↑ Zitiert aus: John Hannavy: "Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography", New York 2008, Routledge (2 Bände), ISBN 978-0-415-97235-2
