Hércules Florence, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hércules Florence

French artist, photographer and inventor

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1804

Place of Birth: Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Date of Death: 27-Mar-1879

Profession: photographer, patent inventor, painter

Nationality: France, Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Antoine Hercule Romuald Florence (1804, Nice, France – March 27, 1879, Campinas, Brazil) was a Monegasque-Brazilian painter and inventor, known as the isolate inventor of photography in Brazil, three years before Daguerre (but six years after Nicéphore Niépce), using the matrix negative/positive, still in use.
According to Kossoy, who examined Florence's notes, he referred to his process, in French, as photographie in 1834, at least four years before John Herschel coined the English word photography.



Description	Brazilian painter, professor and decorator
Date of birth/death	29 August 1865	17 January 1939
Location of birth/death	São Fidélis	São Paulo
Work location	Rio de Janeiro, Paris, São Paulo
Authority control	: Q3357022 VIAF: 317283687 ULAN: 500356574 Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural: pessoa10329/oscar-pereira-da-silva