1. Louis-Theophile Marie Rousselet was a French traveller, writer, photographer and pioneer of the darkroom.
13 Facts About Louis Rousselet
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Louis Rousselet made ethnological and archaeological explorations in India and the Himalayas, Louis Rousselet travelled to Morocco, and was a Secretary of the Society of Anthropology of Paris.
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Louis Rousselet made various archaeological expeditions in the southern French department of Pyrenees-Orientales.
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Louis Rousselet was in India from 1864 to 1868 Louis Rousselet spent much time in central India.
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Louis Rousselet's intention was for a 6-month trip but he stayed 4 years.
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Louis Rousselet was only the second photographer to do so.
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Louis Rousselet visited the Bir Singh Dev Palace and it's lake Datia.
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Louis Rousselet first visited Banaras in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi in 1868.
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Louis Rousselet was then mobilized and Goupil workshops suffered significant damage.
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Louis Rousselet was director of the new dictionary of universal geography, an Academy Officer, and a member of the Society for the Advancement of Science.
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Louis Rousselet was to remain faithful to Hachette thereafter and make a great career.
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Louis Rousselet's photographs are the most copied images published worldwide of 19th century India.
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Louis Rousselet died at Vineuil and was buried at Bourre, Loir-et-Cher, in France.