Nadar, Félix, 1820-1910

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Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist, balloonist, and proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person to take aerial photographs.

Epithet: alias 'Nadar'; French caricaturist

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Birth 1820-04-06

Death 1910-03-21

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