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English: First Astronomical Photograph - John W. Draper's Moon Daguerreotype. It was taken on March 26, 1840 from the rooftop observatory at New York University.
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John William Draper (1811–1882) wikidata:Q472490 s:en:Author:John William Draper q:en:John William Draper
John William Draper
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John Wm. Draper; John W. Draper
Description English-American scientist, philosopher, physician, chemist, historian and photographer
Date of birth/death 5 May 1811 Edit this at Wikidata 4 January 1882 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death St Helens Hastings-on-Hudson
Work period 1840 Edit this at Wikidata
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The author died in 1882, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer .


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