Cleer Sewell Alger

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Cleer Sewell Alger
Victorian photographer in top hat and frock coat with tripod
Cleer Sewell Alger with theodolite
Born1819
Diss, Norfolk
Died(1892-05-09)May 9, 1892
Diss, Norfolk
Occupation(s)photographer, surveyor, auctionner, lythographer
Known forpioneer 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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "K612 Cleer Alger photographic Collection" (PDF). Suffolk Archives. Suffolk Record Office. Retrieved 21 March 2024.