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Joseph Jackson Lister, English wine merchant and amateur microscopist, 1830s. Artist: Maull & Co

Joseph Jackson Lister, English wine merchant and amateur microscopist, 1830s. Artist: Maull & Co

1-148-995 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Joseph Jackson Lister, English wine merchant and amateur microscopist, 1830s. Photographed with a microscope. Lister, father of Joseph Lister, was a wine merchant who maintained an interest in optics. He developed a system of building a lens that reduced chromatic and spherical aberrations. An improved version of Lister's microscope was built by James Smith in 1826 and in 1832, Lister became a fellow of the Royal Society.

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  1. Maull & Co, attributed to: British: Photographers, photography studio
Subject
  1. Joseph Jackson Lister: British: Amateur opticist
People Related
  1. Joseph Lister: British: Medical pioneer
Medium
  1. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2174x2892
File Size : 18,420kb

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  1. PER/C000191
  1. 0460000940
  1. 1-148-995
  1. 1148995
  1. 940
  1. PER/C000191
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