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Feb 09, 1865 Jericho, Vermont, United States Died on 23 Dec 1931 (aged 66)
American photographer
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About Wilson Bentley
- Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley (February 9, 1865 – December 23, 1931) was the first known photographers of snowflakes.
- He perfected a process of catching flakes on black velvet in such a way that their images could be captured before they either melted or sublimated. Kenneth G.
- Libbrecht notes that the techniques used by Bentley to photograph snowflakes are essentially the same as those used today, and that while the quality of his photographs reflects the technical limitations of the equipment of the era, "he did it so well that hardly anybody bothered to photograph snowflakes for almost 100 years".
- The broadest collection of Bentley's photographs is held by the Jericho Historical Society in his home town, Jericho, Vermont. Bentley donated his collection of original glass-plate photomicrographs of snow crystals to the Buffalo Museum of Science.
- A portion of this collection has been digitized and organized into a digital library.
