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Louis Daguerre was born on Nov. 18, 1787 in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France. Today's Doodle celebrates his 224th birthday.
He began his career as a designer and painter, but his breakthrough came in 1839, when he announced his invention of the daguerreotype, a photographic process which produced a single positive image, which could not easily be replicated. It experienced a few decades of commercial success and influenced later photographic processes.
Daguerreotypes were usually portraits, and Google's Doodle is reminiscent of a classic family portrait from the era.
Check out some of our favorite Google Doodles in the gallery below.