About Hermann Biow
Lived 1803 – 1850 (aged 46–47). Hermann Biow was a German photographer, daguerreotypist, painter, lithographer and graphic artist.
Hermann Biow (1804 – 20 February 1850) was an early German photographer who worked with daguerreotypes. In partnership with Carl Ferdinand Stelzner, he opened Germany's first daguerreotype studio in Hamburg in 1841. He is remembered for his images of the great fire in May 1842.
When Biow moved to Dresden in the late 1840s, his sister Jenny Bossard-Biow took over the Hamburg studio, where she continued to produce daguerreotypes. He died in Dresden in 1850 due to fumes from his photographic production process.
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Who was Hermann Biow?
German photographer (1800–1850)
When was Hermann Biow born?
Hermann Biow was born in 1803 in Wrocław.
When did Hermann Biow die?
Hermann Biow died in 1850 in Dresden.
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Hermann Biow was a photographer, daguerreotypist, painter, lithographer and graphic artist.
What nationality was Hermann Biow?
Hermann Biow was German.
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