Anthony & Edwards, 1845, Francois Farvel-Gouraud, Engraving, book frontispiece, Hathi Trust, LL/90785
François Gouraud
Born: François Fauvel-Gouraud Born: Francois Fauvel-Gouraud Other: Francis Gouraud Other: Francois Gouraud
Born: 1808 Died: 1847 Gender: Male Active:
Frenchman who brought the daguerreotype to America in 1839. Both Albert Sands Southworth, Hosiah Johnson Hawes and William Hickling Prescott all attended his lectures on daguerreotypy in Boston in 1840. He sold daguerreotype equipment to both Samuel Bemis and Samuel Morse.
In 2014 Rob McElroy announced the discovery of two of his plates. (Yahoo, Photohistory List,20 April 2014)
Genealogy of François Gouraud
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