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The Farmville Herald And Farmer Leader
Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia
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Hampden-Sydney College to eulogize Dr. John W. Draper, photography pioneer who first photographed a living person, with a memorial tablet unveiling at commencement. He taught there 1829-1839; his camera loaned to Smithsonian in 1940.
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College Ceremony Sunday To Eulogize
Dr. Draper Pioneer In Photography
The scientist responsible for the first photograph made of a living person, Dr. John W. Draper, will be eulogized during Hampden-Sydney College's commencement program this week end.
A tablet memorial to the pioneer in the field of photography who taught at Hampden-Sydney from 1829 to 1839 will be unveiled Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. in Bagby Hall.
Dr. Draper taught chemistry and philosophy at Hampden-Sydney and also perfected the camera used in the famed picture in research during those years.
The camera owned by the college is now on loan to the Smithsonian Institution in the nation's capital. It was presented to the Institution where much of America history is on display in 1940.
The college loaned the instrument, capable of making pictures comparable to the results from modern cameras, during a special ceremony at the 1940 commencement.
The Rev. Howard C. Cobbs, of the college Class of 1934 and pastor at Chester, Va., will make the address at the unveiling Sunday.
He has just completed eight years of research on Dr. Draper and his scientific contributions.
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Hampden Sydney College, Bagby Hall
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This Week End, Sunday Afternoon At 3 P.M.
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Dr. John W. Draper, pioneer in photography who took the first photograph of a living person, taught at Hampden-Sydney College from 1829 to 1839 and perfected a camera now on loan to the Smithsonian since 1940. A memorial tablet will be unveiled at the college commencement, with an address by Rev. Howard C. Cobbs.