Anna Atkins
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Anna Atkins (née Children) (1799-1871) was an English botanist, photographer, and the first person to publish a book illustrated exclusively with photographic images.
Early life
Anna Atkins was born in Tonbridge, Kent, and her mother died in childbirth. Her father, John George Children, was a scientist of many interests who was honored by having the mineral childrenite and the Children's python, Antaresia childreni, named after him.Photography
Sir John Herschel, a friend of Atkins and her father, invented the cyanotype photographic process in 1842. Within a year, Atkins applied the process to solve the difficulties of making accurate drawings of scientific specimens and self-published the first installment of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions. Only about twelve copies of the book were made, one of which is held in the National Media Museum in Bradford, England. She continued to publish other installments of the British Algae series, and also to make other books like Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Flowering Plants and Ferns (1854).References
External links
- New York Public Library
- Anna Atkins Cyanotype Photogenic Drawings and Photograms
- Anna Atkins. Photography. Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved on 2007-11-11..
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