Fredrick Scott Archer

Fredrick Scott Archer developed the Wet Collodian Process in 1848 and went public in 1851. This process had an exposure time of a few seconds and a person could quickly and easily produce multiple positives of the photo from the same glass negative. Archer was never publicly recognized until after his death and he lived most of his life in poverty because he never patent his new process. There is very little biographical information on Archer. It is thought he he was born around 1813 and died around 1857. He was born in the UK. He is thought to have jointly created the Ambrotype with the help of Peter Fry.

   

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