page_title: John Ernest Williamson
hierarchical_section_title: John Ernest Williamson
caption_attribution_description: English: "George Williamson's drawing showing his father's invention - a sort of submerged Chinese lantern"
context_page_description: John Ernest Williamson invented the "photosphere" from which he filmed and photographed undersea. He is credited as being the first person to take an underwater photograph from a submarine.
context_section_description: John Ernest Williamson (8 December 1881 – 15 July 1966) invented the "photosphere" from which he filmed and photographed undersea. He is credited as being the first person to take an underwater photograph from a submarine.
caption: A 1915 illustration of the tube, drawn by Ernest's younger brother George[1]
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