Désiré van Monckhoven

Désiré Charles Emanuel van Monckhoven.

Désiré Charles Emanuel van Monckhoven (1834–1882) was a Belgian chemist, physicist, and photographic researcher. He was also an inventor and author.^[1] He wrote several of the earliest books on photography and photographic optics. His original French works were later translated to English and other languages.

He invented or developed an enlarger (1864),^[2] a dry collodion process (1871), improvements of the carbon print process (1875–80), and improved silver-bromide gelatine emulsions.^[1]

Selected work

• 1857 -- Méthodes simplifiées de photographie sur papier (Simplified methods of photography on paper). Paris : Marion. OCLC 16973778
• 1858 -- Procédé nouveau de photographie sur plaques de fer: et notice sur les vernis photographiques et le collodion sec (A new process of photography on ferrous plates). Paris : A. Gaudin. OCLC 7011879
• 1862 --Traité populaire de photographie sur collodion. Paris: Lieber. OCLC 17454826
• 1863 -- A Popular Treatise on Photography: also A description of, and remarks on, The stereoscope and photographic optics (tr. W.H. Thornthwaite) London: Virtue Brothers. OCLC 17368038 See excerpt transcription
• 1867 -- Photographic Optics; Including the Description of Lenses and Enlarging Apparatus. London: Robert Hardwicke. OCLC 5332903 -- reprinted by Arno Press, New York. 10-ISBN 0-405-09624-0; 13-ISBN 978-0-405-09624-2 OCLC 4642259

See also

• Diaphragm (optics)
• Ghent University
• History of the camera
• Royal Photographic Society

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Day, Lance et al. (1996). Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology, p. 495.
2. ^ Hannavy, John. (2008). Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-century Photography, p. 1438.

References

• Beach, Frederick Converse. "Modern amateur photography," Harper's Magazine. January 1889. pp. 288-297.
• Day, Lance and Ian McNeil. (1996). Biographical Dictionary of the History of Technology. London: Taylor & Francis. 10-ISBN 0-415-06042-7; 13-ISBN 978-0-415-06042-4
• Hannavy, John. (2008). Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-century Photography. London: CRC Press. 10-ISBN 0-415-97235-3; 13-ISBN 978-0-415-97235-2
• "The Late Dr. Van Monckhoven," Nature. Volume 26, Issue 677, pp. 601- 602 (October 1882).

External links

• Monckhoven biographical note
• Exhibitions of the Royal Photographic Society, 1870-1915: Exhibitor records, Dr. van Monckhoven, 1877

Persondata
Name	Monckhoven, Desire Van
Alternative names
Short description	author, chemist, inventor, physicist, photographic researcher
Date of birth	1834
Place of birth
Date of death	1882
Place of death