George Shadbolt

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A photograph by George Shadbolt, entitled Country Lane, likely to have been taken in the area of Hornsey, North London.

George Shadbolt (1817 - 1901) was a British writer, editor, student of optics and photographer with a strong interest in innovative techniques, who was active during the 1850s–60s. Reported to have made the first microphotograph, he was also an early advocate of photographic enlargement, as well as compound and combination printing. Shadbolt's dislike of the glare of albumen printing paper led him to forsake it for salted paper. His technical interests probably motivated his praise of Henry Peach Robinson, whose combination prints were highly controversial. For seven years Shadbolt was editor of the publication that later became the British Journal of Photography. One of his sons, Cecil V. S. Shadbolt, is remembered as a contributor to balloon photography.

After 1864, Shadbolt's success as a mahogany dealer forced him to retire from photography, although he maintained his professional affiliations. One of the founders of the Photographic Society of London (later the Royal Photographic Society), he also was active in the Amateur Photographic Association and the Photographic Exchange Club.

The standard author abbreviation Shadbolt is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[1]

Source

Wood, Derek. A History of Early British Photography

↑ "Author Query for 'Shadbolt'". International Plant Names Index.

External links

Author Query Results and Plant Name Query Results for George Shadbolt at the International Plant Names Index. Retrieved on 13 August 2012.

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Name	Shadbolt, George
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Short description	British photographer and botanist
Date of birth	1817
Place of birth
Date of death	1901
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