Genus Talbotia
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For William Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877), British inventor, member of parliament, and author. He studied classics at Cambridge University and sent many papers to the Royal Society. In 1834, he began photographic experiments and invented the calotype process, precursor to most photographic processes of the 19th and 20th centuries, for which he received the Rumsford Medal from the Royal Society. He served as a member of parliament for Chippenham (1832–1835) and was high sheriff of Wiltshire (1840). He published many papers to the Royal Society and, inter alia, wrote books on Hermes or classical and antiquarian research topics (1838), and English etymology (1846).