| Names: | | | Dates: | 1814, 27 August - 1896, April | | Born: | England, Nottinghamshire, East Retford | | Active: | UK | | Gender: | Male |
Creator of microphotograph slides of around 150 photographic curiosities on glass slides between 1859 and 1862. A gentleman of diverse occupations in the 1861 census he considered himself to be a "photographer". At the London Exposition (1862) he exhibited eleven photographs of London's "principal buildings" along with microphotographs. Known for his series of micrograph slides "London in Miniature - A Photographic Curiosity for the Microscope" which have "JS" labels.
An account of the life of Alfred Reeves will be found at http://microscopist.net/.
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Historical Makers of Microscopes and Microscope Slides
http://microscopist.net
Website of Prof. Brian Stevenson, Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine,
MS421 Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, USA 40536-0298
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