Frederick Scott Archer

This article is about the nineteenth century inventor of the photographic collodion process. For other people with similar names, see Fred Archer (disambiguation).
Frederick Scott Archer
Frederick Scott Archer – by Robert Cade, c. 1855
Born1813
Died1 May 1857 (aged 43 or 44)
Resting placeKensal Green Cemetery
NationalityEnglish
Occupationsculptor
Known forCollodion process
Frederick Scott Archer: Sparrow House, 1857
Grave of Frederick Scott Archer in Kensal Green Cemetery, London. Location on map: [1]

Frederick Scott Archer (1813 – 1 May 1857) was an English photographer and sculptor who is best known for having invented the photographic collodion process[1] which preceded the modern gelatin emulsion. He was born in either Bishop's Stortford or Hertford, within the county of Hertfordshire, England (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and is remembered mainly for this single achievement which greatly increased the accessibility of photography for the general public.

  1. ^ Phil Coomes (27 April 2010). "Remembering Frederick Scott Archer". BBC. Retrieved 6 December 2010.