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John McCosh or John MacCosh or James McCosh (Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, 5 March 1805 – 18 January / 16 March 1885) was a Scottish army surgeon who made documentary photographs whilst serving in India and Burma. His photographs during the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849) of people and places associated with the British rule in India (for which he is best known), and of the Second Burmese War (1852–1853), count as sufficient grounds, some historians maintain, to recognise him as the first war photographer known by name. McCosh wrote a number of books on medicine and photography, as well as books of poetry.

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  • John McCosh, auch James McCosh, Jethro McCosh, John MacCosh und John M’Cosh (* 5. März 1805 in Kirkmichael (South Ayrshire), Schottland; † 16. März 1885 in London) war ein schottischer Militär-Chirurg, Amateur-Fotograf und Schriftsteller. In den 25 Jahren von 1831 bis 1856 diente der Schotte John McCosh als Militär-Chirurg des Indian Medical Service in der bengalischen Armee der Britischen Ostindien-Kompanie. Der Nachwelt bekanntgeworden ist er durch seine Fotografien aus Britisch-Indien, die zu den frühsten Fotoaufnahmen aus dieser Weltregion zählen; er gilt zudem als einer der ersten namentlich bekannten Kriegsfotografen; seinen Zeitgenossen war er eher als Arzt und Dichter bekannt. (de)
  • John McCosh or John MacCosh or James McCosh (Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, 5 March 1805 – 18 January / 16 March 1885) was a Scottish army surgeon who made documentary photographs whilst serving in India and Burma. His photographs during the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848–1849) of people and places associated with the British rule in India (for which he is best known), and of the Second Burmese War (1852–1853), count as sufficient grounds, some historians maintain, to recognise him as the first war photographer known by name. McCosh wrote a number of books on medicine and photography, as well as books of poetry. (en)
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