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Last Name Ibbetson
Given Name Levett Landon Boscawen
alt. Names I. L. B. I. ; Levett L. Ibbetson ;
Marriage
Children Major Henry Levett Boscawen Ibbetson of the 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot of the British Army
Year born 1799 in London
Year died 1869
Place of death Biebrich in Prussia, where he had lived for several years
Father's occupation Major Levett Ibbetson, a native of Bushey, Hertfordshire
Relatives Sophy (mother) ;Right Rev. Dr. James Ibbetson (1717-1781) (grandfather) ; Bushey, the Archdeacon of St Albans and Prebend of Lincoln as well as rector
Education
Country of Activity England, UK
Worked for
Patronage Fellow of the Royal Society (elected 6 June 1850); I. presented a valuable collection of fossils to the Museum of Practical Geology in London.
Collaborators corresponded with William Henry Fox Talbot in 1842 ; lithographer ->A. Friedel at Royal Polytechnic Institution, 1840 ;
Techniques I. spent some years trying to produce lithography, and etching from an original daguerrotype of fossils from the Isle of Wright ;
Sample(s) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levett_Landon_Boscawen_Ibbetson#/media/File:Fossils_Engraved_on_a_Daguerreotype_Plate.jpeg ;
Archival sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levett_Landon_Boscawen_Ibbetson ;
Published sources Davidson 2008: 100 ;
other English 19th c. geologist, inventor, pioneer photographer, organiser & soldier, who lived in London at 46 Margaret Street, near Cavendish Square. Further Place of Activity: Germany.
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