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Reverend George Wilson Bridges (1788–1863) was a writer, photographer and Anglican cleric. After eloping with his wife, he was Rector for the Jamaican parish of St Dorothy until late 1817, and then Manchester from 1817 to 1823. He moved to become rector at the neighbouring parish of St Ann from 1823 to 1837. He published works against William Wilberforce and another book resulted in his London publisher being found guilty of libel against Louis Celeste Lecesne and John Escoffery. After his wife left him, he lost four of their daughters in a boating accident. Bridges went to Canada and returned to England to meet William Fox Talbot and take up photography. He toured around the Mediterranean taking 1,700 early pictures including Egypt, Greece, the Holy Land and Mount Etna erupting. His last

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  • Reverend George Wilson Bridges (1788–1863) byl anglický krajinářský fotograf, spisovatel a duchovní anglikánské církve. Je považován za průkopníka cestovatelské fotografie jako byli například Francis Bedford, Maxime Du Camp, Solomon Nunes Carvalho nebo Francis Frith. Fotografii se naučil od Foxe Talbota jako jeho asistent, studijní lekce kalotypie mu podle dalších zdrojů dával nizozemský fotograf Nicolaas Henneman, který pracoval jako asistent průkopníka fotografie Williama Foxe Talbota. V roce 1852 Bridges pořídil půldruhého tisíce papírových negativů z Egypta a Středomoří včetně snímků Řecka, Svaté země a Etny. Řadí se mezi významné fotografy druhé poloviny 19. století jako například Luigi Sacchi, Calvert Richard Jones, Firmin Eugène Le Dien, Gustave Le Gray, Giorgio Sommer nebo Giuseppe Incorpora. (cs)
  • Reverend George Wilson Bridges (1788–1863) was a writer, photographer and Anglican cleric. After eloping with his wife, he was Rector for the Jamaican parish of St Dorothy until late 1817, and then Manchester from 1817 to 1823. He moved to become rector at the neighbouring parish of St Ann from 1823 to 1837. He published works against William Wilberforce and another book resulted in his London publisher being found guilty of libel against Louis Celeste Lecesne and John Escoffery. After his wife left him, he lost four of their daughters in a boating accident. Bridges went to Canada and returned to England to meet William Fox Talbot and take up photography. He toured around the Mediterranean taking 1,700 early pictures including Egypt, Greece, the Holy Land and Mount Etna erupting. His last parish was in Gloucestershire. (en)
  • George Wilson Bridges, né le 6 juillet 1788 à (en) en Essex et mort en 1863, est un clerc anglican, écrivain-voyageur, et pionnier de la photographie. (fr)
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  • George Wilson Bridges, né le 6 juillet 1788 à (en) en Essex et mort en 1863, est un clerc anglican, écrivain-voyageur, et pionnier de la photographie. (fr)
  • Reverend George Wilson Bridges (1788–1863) byl anglický krajinářský fotograf, spisovatel a duchovní anglikánské církve. Je považován za průkopníka cestovatelské fotografie jako byli například Francis Bedford, Maxime Du Camp, Solomon Nunes Carvalho nebo Francis Frith. (cs)
  • Reverend George Wilson Bridges (1788–1863) was a writer, photographer and Anglican cleric. After eloping with his wife, he was Rector for the Jamaican parish of St Dorothy until late 1817, and then Manchester from 1817 to 1823. He moved to become rector at the neighbouring parish of St Ann from 1823 to 1837. He published works against William Wilberforce and another book resulted in his London publisher being found guilty of libel against Louis Celeste Lecesne and John Escoffery. After his wife left him, he lost four of their daughters in a boating accident. Bridges went to Canada and returned to England to meet William Fox Talbot and take up photography. He toured around the Mediterranean taking 1,700 early pictures including Egypt, Greece, the Holy Land and Mount Etna erupting. His last (en)
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  • George Wilson Bridges (cs)
  • George Wilson Bridges (en)
  • George Wilson Bridges (fr)
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