Désiré van Monckhoven

Désiré van Monckhoven was a Belgian physicist, chemist and photographer (1834–1882). He was born at Ghent.

Also recorded as Desire van Monckhoven.

Désiré van Monckhoven in brief

Born
1834
Died
1882
Known for
physicist, chemist and photographer
Place of birth
Ghent
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Catalogued works

5 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection.

Répertoire Général de Photographie Pratique et Théorique Contenant les Procédés Sur Plaque, Sur Papier, Sur Collodion Sec et Humide, Sur Albumine Etc... Répertoire Général de Photographie Pratique et Théorique... Nouveau Procédé de Photographie Sur Plaques de Fer & Notice Sur les Vernis Photographiques et le Collodion Sec... Photographic Optics. Epilepsy and Persian culture : an overview / A. Vanzan, F. Paladin., dated 1992, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

DÉSIRÉ VAN MONCKHOVEN:, Belgian Photographic Literature of the 19th Century. L’édition photographique belge au 19e siècle., 2015. Doctor Van Monckhoven, When I Was a Photographer, 2015.

Digitised editions and texts

4 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Photographic Optics... (1867) — Internet Archive. Traite pratique de photographie au charbon — Internet Archive. A Popular Treatise on Photography (1863) — Internet Archive. Photographic Optics: Including the Description of Lenses and Enlarging ... (1867) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 8 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1834Désiré van Monckhoven born at Ghent.
  2. 1863A Popular Treatise on Photography digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1867Photographic Optics... digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1867Photographic Optics: Including the Description of Lenses and Enlarging ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1882Désiré van Monckhoven died at Ghent.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    DÉSIRÉ VAN MONCKHOVEN:, Belgian Photographic Literature of the 19th Century. L’édition photographique belge au 19e siècle., 2015

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Doctor Van Monckhoven, When I Was a Photographer, 2015

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Open Library author record for Désiré van Monckhoven (Internet Archive), 4 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  4. 4.

    Internet Archive, 4 digitised items catalogued under Désiré van Monckhoven as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  5. 5.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Désiré van Monckhoven.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  6. 6.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2275763: Désiré van Monckhoven

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  7. 7.

    “Désiré van Monckhoven”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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