Listed In: Inventors
Birthdate: March 7, 1765
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chalon-sur-Saône
Died: July 5, 1833
Nicéphore Niépce, a French inventor, is renowned for his groundbreaking contributions to photography and engine development. He is credited with developing heliography, a technique that produced the world’s oldest surviving photographic images. In the 1820s, Niépce captured the oldest surviving photograph of a real-world scene using a primitive camera. Additionally, he collaborated with his brother Claude Niépce to create the Pyréolophore, one of the earliest internal combustion engines. Niépce’s work has had a lasting impact on technology and innovation.
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