Richard Beard helped to establish professional photography in the UK. He purchased a monopoly on the patent of the Daguerreotype process in England and Wales. Beard was a robust defender of his commercial interests, engaging in many legal actions, including against Antoine Claudet.
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Richard Beard was an English entrepreneur and photographer. He vigorously protected his photographic business by litigation over his patents. Beard helped to establish professional photography in the UK. He purchased a monopoly on the patent of the Daguerreotype process in England and Wales and spent £20,000 in establishing a chain of photographic studios in London.
Beard was a robust defender of his commercial interests, engaging in many legal actions, including against Antoine Claudet. In the 1860s, Beard briefly established himself as a medical galvanist. Beard died in Hampstead and was buried at Hampstead Cemetery. He was the son of Richard Bowden Beard and his wife, Elizabeth.
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