Cleer Sewell Alger
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Born1819
Diss, Norfolk
DiedMay 9, 1892
Diss, Norfolk
Occupationsphotographer, surveyor, auctionner, lythographer
Knownforpioneer photography
Cleer Sewell Alger | |
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 Cleer Sewell Alger with theodolite | |
| Born | 1819 Diss, Norfolk |
| Died | May 9, 1892 Diss, Norfolk |
| Occupations | photographer, surveyor, auctionner, lythographer |
| Known for | pioneer photography |
Cleer Sewell Alger (1819, Diss, Norfolk – 9 May 1892, Diss) was a Victorian photographic pioneer based in Diss on the Norfolk Suffolk border. Also working as a surveyor and lithographer, he took parts from a theodolite he had used for surveying to enhance his photographic equipment.[1]