| Vincent Chevalier | |
| Birth Date: | 1770 |
| Death Date: | 1841 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Death Place: | Paris, France |
| Occupation: | Optician |
| Nationality: | French |
Vincent Chevalier (1770 - 1841) was a French engineer, inventor and optician.[1] [2]
He was born in 1770 in Paris, France.[1] He played a key role in the history of the camera.[1]
The very first photograph was taken in 1825 by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, a French inventor who used a sliding wooden camera box made by Chevalier.[3] [2]
He died in 1841 in Paris, France.[1]
His son became a manufacturer of cameras and lenses.[3]
Chevalier was the first to develop a microscope to use a combination of lens elements corrected for chromatic aberrations.[4]
The sophisticated compound lenses manufactured by Chevalier were described as the "cutting-edge technological craftsmanship of the day".[1]