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French chemist. Early in life he served in the army and in 1795 became administrator of Nice. In 1801 he devoted himself to Chemistry and in 1826 succeeded in producing a permanent photographic image on metal, a considerable development in photography. More at: History
I was born in Antium, near Rome, in 37 CE I owed my name and position to the driving ambition of my mother, who engineered my adoption by the Emperor Claudius, therefore putting me as his successor as emperor. Initially my reign was good, aided by the sound advice of my mother, the Praetorian Prefect…
