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John Moran (photographer)
British born American photographer (1831-1902) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Moran (February 1831 – February 19, 1902) was a pioneering American photographer and artist. Moran was a prominent landscape, architectural, astronomical and expedition photographer whose career began in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area during the 1860s.
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Born | February 1831 Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, England |
Died | February 19, 1902(1902-02-19) (aged 70–71) |
Occupation(s) | Photographer, artist |
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A brother of the painters Thomas, Edward and Peter Moran, Moran was a member of a network of Philadelphia-based artists, historians, and scientists who recognized photography as a fine art in the years before the American Civil War.[1]