Vincent Chevalier
{{Short description|French inventor}}
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| birth_date = 1770
| death_date = 1841
| death_place = Paris, France
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| occupation = Optician
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| nationality = French
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Vincent Chevalier (1770 - 1841) was a French engineer, inventor and optician.{{Cite web|url=https://culturalcartography.net/names/vincent-chevalier/|title=Vincent Chevalier – Who Knew Whom|website=culturalcartography.net}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Vincent-Chevalier/667E9D68F0D6AFCE/Biography|title=Vincent Chevalier | Biography|website=www.mutualart.com}}
Biography
He was born in 1770 in Paris, France. He played a key role in the history of the camera.
The very first photograph was taken in 1825 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, a French inventor who used a sliding wooden camera box made by Chevalier.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pauldavidsmith.co.uk/when-was-the-camera-invented/|title=When Was The Camera Invented?}}
Legacy
Chevalier was the first to develop a microscope to use a combination of lens elements corrected for chromatic aberrations.{{Cite web|url=https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/museum/museum1800.html|title=Molecular Expressions Microscopy Primer: Museum of Microscopy - Nineteenth Century Microscopes|website=micro.magnet.fsu.edu}}
The sophisticated compound lenses manufactured by Chevalier were described as the "cutting-edge technological craftsmanship of the day".
See also
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External links
- [https://culturalcartography.net/names/vincent-chevalier/ Vincent Chevalier – Who Knew Whom]
- [https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp111578/vincent-chevalier-and-son Vincent Chevalier and Son | Science Museum Group Collection]
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