Francis George Claudet
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Francis George Claudet | |
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 Claut (second from right) in 1856 | |
| Born | 15 June 1837. |
| Died | 13 March 1906 (aged 68) |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Assayer and amateur photographer |
Francis George Claudet (1837-1906) was an assayer for the Royal Mint in British Columbia, Canada, photographer and the youngest son of Antoine François Jean Claudet, the French photographer-inventor who produced daguerreotypes.[1]
Francis Claudet was born on 15 February 1837 in Islington, London, the youngest of eight children of Antoine and Julia Claudet. In 1859 the Royal Mint appointed him as the Assayer for the Colony of British Columbia, Canada.[1] Initially he lived in Victoria, Vancouver Island travelling widely in both British Columbia and Vancouver, including aboard HMS Satellite, the ship on which Lieutenant Richard "Arctic" Roche served.[2] Claudet lived in New Westminster over the next thirteen years, working in various civil service roles before returning to England[1] with his family and taking a position in Runcorn, Cheshire as a chemical engineer managing a copper works. Around 1890 he returned to London with his wife Fanny and three of their six children, living first in Camberwell, before moving to their final home in Kilburn.[3]
