Cleer Sewell Alger (senior)
English photographer, surveyor and lithographer
About Cleer Sewell Alger (senior)
Lived 1819 – 1892 (aged 72–73). Cleer Sewell Alger (senior) was a photographer and lithographer.
Cleer Sewell Alger (1819, Diss, Norfolk – 9 May 1892, Diss) was a Victorian photographic pioneer based in Diss on the Norfolk Suffolk border. Also working as a surveyor and lithographer, he took parts from a theodolite he had used for surveying to enhance his photographic equipment.
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Who was Cleer Sewell Alger (senior)?
English photographer, surveyor and lithographer
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Cleer Sewell Alger (senior) was born in 1819.
When did Cleer Sewell Alger (senior) die?
Cleer Sewell Alger (senior) died on 9 May 1892.
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Cleer Sewell Alger (senior) was a photographer and lithographer.
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