What year did Daguerre officially retire?
1846
1850
1835
1860
Answer
Daguerre officially retired in 1846. He had been working on the development of the daguerreotype, a photographic process, since 1829. In 1839, he announced his invention to the world, and it quickly became popular. However, Daguerre's health was declining, and he retired from active work in 1846. He died in 1851 at the age of 63.
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