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Dec 08, 1826 Died on 29 Jul 1896 (aged 69)
British photographer and army officer
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About Alfred Capel Cure
- Colonel Alfred Capel-Cure (8 December 1826 - 29 July 1896) was an officer in the British Army and a pioneer of photography. He was the nephew of the watercolour painter and photographer Robert Henry Cheney who introduced him to photography.
- His subjects were mostly architecture in England, France and Gibraltar.
- He served in the Crimean War and was there wounded at Redan. Capel-Cure was commissioned into the 55th Foot, but later transferred to the Grenadier Guards.
- He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel in 1858 and Colonel in 1863. He was killed in an accidental explosion while dynamiting tree roots in his park.
