Anna Atkins
Photographer

Anna Atkins Net Worth

Anna Atkins was an English botanist and photographer born on March 16, 1799. She is best known for her pioneering publication Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, and for her collaborations with Anne Dixon on several photographic books about ferns. Her work was groundbreaking and has been remembered for centuries.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day March 16, 1799
Birth Place England
Age 220 YEARS OLD
Died On Jun 9, 1871 (age 72)
Birth Sign Pisces

💰 Net worth: $6 Million (2024)

About

Remembered for her pioneering botanical and photographic publication Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, she is also notable for her collaborations with Anne Dixon on several photographic books about ferns.

Before Fame

During her childhood years, she received an advanced scientific education and perfected her artistic skills by creating shell engravings.

Trivia

She may have been the first female Photographer in history, though some sources confer this honor upon her friend Constance Talbot.

Family Life

The daughter of Anne Children and prominent natural scientist John George Children, she spent her youth in Kent, England. She married John Pelly Atkins in the mid 1820s.

Associated With

She was a friend of Astronomer and photographic process Inventor John Herschel.

Some Anna Atkins images

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