John Adams Whipple

John Adams Whipple ( born September 10, 1822 in Grafton, Massachusetts, United States, † April 10, 1891 in Cambridge ) was an American inventor and pioneer in photography.

Life

The parents of John Adams Whipple (father Jonathan Whipple (* July 7, 1795, † November 10, 1851 ) and mother Melinda Grout (* 1799, † June 1863 ) ) gave the education of her son much attention. As a boy to Whipple had worked intensively with the chemistry. When in 1839 the chemical process of the daguerreotype became known in the United States, he was the first to make the necessary photographic chemicals.

As his health suffered from working with chemicals, he turned from then to more photography. His first daguerreotype he made with a homemade camera, he used the glass as a sunglass lens and a box of candles as housing. As a " photographic plate " was the handle of a silver spoon. Together with James Wallace Black in Boston, he founded the Photo Studio Whipple and Black and was in the course of time, a well-known portrait photographers. In addition, he photographed well-known buildings in the Boston area.

The wedding with his wife Elizabeth (b. November 1, 1819, † 1891) was held in Boston on May 12, 1847.

Work

Whipple became a pioneer in the field of astrophotography. Together with the astronomer William Cranch Bond, he produced in 1850 at the Harvard College Observatory, the first recordings of a star, Vega, at. For their detailed shots of the Moon Whipple and Bond were awarded in 1851 at the World Exhibition in London's Crystal Palace.

From 1863 Whipple electric light used to create night-time shots of Boston. He made several inventions in the field of photography, including Crystallotypien ( daguerreotypes on glass), from which paper prints could be made.

The grave of John Adams Whipple is located in Westborough.

Exhibitions

Whipple's photographs are now on display in several museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

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