Calvert Richard Jones 1804 - 1877
- occupation:
- Artist, Mathematician, Photographer
- Nationality:
- Welsh
- born in:
- Swansea, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom
Welsh mathematician and painter; friend of John Dillwyn Llewelyn and Christopher (Kit) Rice Mansel Talbot, and thus knew Willam Henry fox Talbot; Jones credited with talking first photograph in Wales in 1841; did not take up photography full time but did continue to take photographs in Wales, France and Italy; developed technique of panoramic photography.