John Adams Whipple, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American photographer
Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1822
Place of Birth: Grafton, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 10-Apr-1891
Profession: astronomer, photographer, inventor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About John Adams Whipple
- John Adams Whipple (September 10, 1822 – April 10, 1891) was an American inventor and early photographer.
- He was the first in the United States to manufacture the chemicals used for daguerreotypes; he pioneered astronomical and night photography; he was a prize-winner for his extraordinary early photographs of the moon; and he was the first to produce images of stars other than the sun (the star Vega and the Mizar-Alcor stellar sextuple system, which was thought to be a double star until 2009.
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