What is Louis Daguerre?
{{Infobox person | image = Louis Daguerre 2.jpg | caption = Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre | birth_date = {{Birth-date|November 18 1781}} | birth_place = [[Cormeilles-en-Parisis]], [[Val-d'Oise]], France | death_date = {{death-date and age|10 July 1851}} | death_place = [[Bry-sur-Marne]], France | known_for = Invention of the [[daguerreotype]] process | signature = Daguerre signature.svg }} '''Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre''' (18 November 1787&nbsp;– 10 July 1851) was a [[French people|French]] artist and physicist, recognized for his invention of the [[daguerreotype]] process of [[photography]]. He became known as one of the fathers of photography. Though he is most famous for his contributions to photography, he was also an accomplished painter and a developer of the diorama theater. == Other websites == {{commons|Louis Daguerre|Louis Daguerre}} * [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dagu/hd_dagu.htm Daguerre (1787–1851) and the Invention of Photography] from the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] * [http://www.moreeuw.com/histoire-art/louis-daguerre.htm Louis Daguerre and Bry-sur-Marne] * [http://www.dreamscity.net/vb/t57809.html Louis Daguerre Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104222352/http://www.dreamscity.net/vb/t57809.html |date=2013-01-04 }} * [http://wwar.com/masters/d/daguerre-louis.html Louis Daguerre (1787–1851)] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121217203409/http://wwar.com/masters/d/daguerre-louis.html |date=2012-12-17 }} from [[World Wide Art Resources]]. * [http://daguerre.org/resource/texts.html Daguerre and the daguerreotype] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509125508/http://www.daguerre.org/resource/texts.html |date=2008-05-09 }} An array of source texts from the Daguerreian Society web site * [http://www.alistairscott.com/daguerre/ Daguerre's Boulevard du Temple photograph] - a discussion on its making and subsequent history. * [http://www.dcmemorials.com/index_indiv0000424.htm Daguerre Memorial in Washington D.C.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive