David Octavius Hill

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Arts and letters

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What Wikipedia says

David Octavius Hill (20 May 1802 – 17 May 1870) was a Scottish painter, photographer and arts activist. He formed Hill & Adamson studio with the engineer and photographer Robert Adamson between 1843 and 1847 to pioneer many aspects of photography in Scotland.

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Image: Robert Scott Lauder (died 1869), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.