Mungo Ponton
Anwalt, Erfinder
Lebensdaten
(Edinburgh / Schottland 20.11.1801 - 03.08.1880 Bristol)
Werdegang
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
John Hannavy: "Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography", New York 2008, Routledge (2 Bände), ISBN 978-0-415-97235-2
Quelle
- ↑ Zitiert aus: John Hannavy: "Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography", New York 2008, Routledge (2 Bände), ISBN 978-0-415-97235-2
