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Nadar — Age & Birthday
Born: 6 April 1820 · Died: 20 March 1910 · Age at death: 89
How old was Nadar when he died?
Nadar died aged 89. He was born on 6 April 1820 and died on 20 March 1910.
French photographer who took the first aerial photograph
Did you know?He was a keen balloonist and once built a massive balloon named The Giant that carried a two-storey passenger cabin.
Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (French:; 5 April 1820 – 20 March 1910), known by the pseudonym Nadar (French:) or Félix Nadar, was a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist who was a proponent of heavier-than-air flight. In 1858, he became the first person to take aerial photographs.
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- Age at death
- 89
- Years since death
- 116
- Born
- April 6, 1820 · rue Saint-Honoré, France
- Died
- March 20, 1910
- Nationality
- French
- Known for
- Art, Literature, Media
Family
- Father
- Victor Tournachon
- Spouse
- Ernestine Nadar
- Child
- Paul Nadar
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