Jules Duboscq
Louis Jules Duboscq (March 5, 1817 – September 24, 1886) was a French instrument maker, inventor, and pioneering photographer. He was known in his time, and is remembered today, for the high quality of his optical instruments.
Also recorded as J. Duboscq · Louis Jules Duboscq-Soleil · J. Duboscq-Soleil · Louis-Jules Duboscq
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- Name
- Louis Duboscq
- Birth Name
- Louis Jules Duboscq
- Born
- 5 March 1817
- Birthplace
- Villaines-sous-Bois, Seine-et-Oise, France
- Died
- 24 September 1886
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- photographer · instrument maker · physicist · optical engineer
- Honours
- Officer of the Legion of Honour · Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Languages
- French
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Louis Jules Duboscq (March 5, 1817 – September 24, 1886) was a French instrument maker, inventor, and pioneering photographer. He was known in his time, and is remembered today, for the high quality of his optical instruments.
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• Name — Louis Duboscq • Birth Name — Louis Jules Duboscq • Born — 5 March 1817 • Birthplace — Villaines-sous-Bois, Seine-et-Oise, France • Died — 24 September 1886
Life and work
Life and work
Duboscq was born at Villaines-sous-Bois (Seine-et-Oise) in 1817. He was apprenticed in 1834 to Jean-Baptiste-François Soleil (1798–1878), a prominent instrument maker, and he married one of Soleil's daughters, Rosalie Jeanne Josephine, in 1839. Among the instruments Duboscq built were a stereoscope (marketing David Brewster's lenticular stereoscope), a colorimeter, a polarimeter, a heliostat and a saccharimeter.
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The authorities additionally record the headings J. Duboscq, Louis Jules Duboscq-Soleil, J. His recorded language was French. Other recorded relations include Jean-Baptiste Soleil.
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Jules Duboscq is recorded with the occupation instrument maker. Recorded with the occupation optical engineer. Recorded as photographer, instrument maker, physicist and optical engineer.
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1817
Jules Duboscq born at Villaines-sous-Bois.
1886
Jules Duboscq died on 24 September 1886.
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Recognition and collections. Duboscq received Officer of the Legion of Honour and Knight of the Legion of Honour. Paul Getty Museum.
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