Monckhoven, Désiré van

Désiré van Monckhoven
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Name	Monckhoven, Désiré van Gender: M
Birthname	Désiré Charles Emanuel van Monckhoven
born on	25 September 1834 at 13:00 (= 1:00 PM )
Place	Ghent, Belgium, 51n03, 3e43
Timezone	LMT m3e43 (is local mean time)
Data source	Quoted BC/BR Rodden Rating AA Collector: Gauquelin
Astrology data	01°57' 25°01 Asc. 18°18'

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Désiré van Monckhoven

Biography

Belgian chemist, physicist, photographic researcher, inventor and author. He wrote several of the earliest books on photography and photographic optics. His original French works were later translated to English and other languages.

He invented or developed an enlarger (1864), a dry collodion process (1871), improvements of the carbon print process (1875–80), and improved silver-bromide gelatine emulsions.

He died on 25 September 1882, aged 48, in Ghent.

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Events

• Death, Cause unspecified 25 September 1882 (Age 48)
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Source Notes

Grazia Bordoni's Science database quotes Gauquelin.

Categories

• Vocation : Education : Researcher (Photography)

• Vocation : Science : Chemistry

• Vocation : Science : Physics

• Vocation : Writers : Textbook/ Non-fiction (Photography)

• Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Inventor)