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John Benjamin Dancer
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John Benjamin Dancer

Other: J.B. Dancer

Born: 1812, 8 October - Great Britain, London
Died: 1887, 24 November
Gender: Male
Active: UK
 
Optician, photographer and inventor. He took Daguerreotypes with the aid of microscope and one was of the founders of photographic microscopy.

The Whipple Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge has a "List of Microscopic Photographs", Prepared by J.B. Dancer, Optician, 43 Cross Street, Manchester
The Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin houses a collection of 315 items related to John Benjamin Dancer (Accession No(s): 983:0037:0001- ?).

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John Benjamin Dancer, 1851, Scientist in his Laboratory, Daguerreotype, stereo, Victoria and Albert Museum, LL/62270
Image: LL/62270
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John Benjamin Dancer, 1853 (ca), Self-portrait with Scientific Apparatus ?, Daguerreotype, stereo, National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, LL/62269
Image: LL/62269
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