Robert Cornelius the first man photographed

== Early life ==
Robert was born in Pennsylvania to a silversmith named Christian, he later made a lamp manufacturing company and studied chemistry at a private school, Robert later started making daguerreotype.
=== the photo ===
inspired by Joseph Saxton he started making daguerreotype and took the first photo in history in 1839 he also took photos of other famous figures like Dr. Solomon Andrews, Captain Charles John Biddle, Elliot Cresson, Martin Hans Boye, and Isaiah Lukens. 
== Later Years and Death ==
He retired in 1877 and became an elder at a Presbyterian church he’d been a part of for 50 years.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cornelius#Personal_life