On a Swedish historical forum called forum.skalman.nu there has been a dicussion about who's the earliest born person that's been photographed.
One person we are sure about is the German physician Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843)(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Hahnemann).
Another person we have found is Caroline Herschel (1750-1848). The pictures don't look like photos though, but are they based on photos? (Second picture on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Herschel and some other picture, where she's slightly younger, which I don't find now.) She was by the way an aunt of Sir John Frederick William Herschel who's mentioned in the article above.
A third person is John Leland (1754-1841), but it's unclear to us whether this is a photo or not (www.sunnetworks.net/~ggarman/leland.html).
Does anyone know more about this? Are there photographed persons that are born much earlier than these?
One person we are sure about is the German physician Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843)(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Hahnemann).
Another person we have found is Caroline Herschel (1750-1848). The pictures don't look like photos though, but are they based on photos? (Second picture on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Herschel and some other picture, where she's slightly younger, which I don't find now.) She was by the way an aunt of Sir John Frederick William Herschel who's mentioned in the article above.
A third person is John Leland (1754-1841), but it's unclear to us whether this is a photo or not (www.sunnetworks.net/~ggarman/leland.html).
Does anyone know more about this? Are there photographed persons that are born much earlier than these?