William Talbot was born on 11th of February 1800 in a place called Melbury abbey in Dorset England. He was from a very well educated and well off family; his farther was the Earl of Ilchester who was brought up at Lacock Abbey. Talbot’s whole family was very well educated, William was awarded with top student for two years running at his first school, he then moved to a private school named The Harrow School, in Yorkshire, England.
Talbot’s mother was tutor and specialized in foreign languages, which shows how later as a photographer Talbot was good at philological and translation work. He later went on to attend Cambridge in 1817, and