Person: VAN MONCKHOVEN, Désiré (1834-1882)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Désiré Charles Emanuel VAN MONCKHOVEN

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

inventor of photographic enlarger lantern

Main period of activity

1860s

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

1834

born at

Belgium

1882

~48

died at

unknown location

Reference

Hermann Hecht, ‘Some English magic lantern patents’ in NMLJ 2.2 (January 1982), p. 3

Lucerna ID 6003669

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 18 February 2015

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Person: VAN MONCKHOVEN, Désiré (1834-1882)