Niepce

Niepce, JOSEPH NICÉPHORE, was born at Châlon-sur-Saône, 7th March 1765, served in the army in Italy, and in 1795 became administrator of the district of Nice; and returning to Châlon in 1801, he made those experiments with sunlight pictures which made Photography (q.v.) possible. He died 5th July 1833.—His nephew, CLAUDE MARIE FRANÇOIS NIEPCE DE ST VICTOR (1805-70), also a soldier, wrote a Traité Pratique (1856) on photography, and Recherches Photographiques (1855). [Pron. Nee-epps.]