Richard Beard (photographer)
Richard Beard (22 December 1801 – 7 June 1885) was an English entrepreneur and photographer who vigorously protected his photographic business by litigation over his photographic patents and helped to establish professional photography in the UK.
Read more about Richard Beard (photographer): Early Life, Photography, Litigation and Disillusion, Later Life
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