Site Represents a site. Show Point true Prim Media 428 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Thomas Rodger's House & Studio Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived mathematicalycurious,thomasrodger Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 288 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Description An account of the resource Thomas Rodger (1832-1883) was the first professional photographer in St Andrews, famous for his portrayals of the town, its people, and visitors. He studied chemistry at Madras College and is thought to have been an exceptional student. Rodger gave up medicine for a career in photography having been persuaded by Dr John Adamson since Chemistry was closely linked to photography during that time. He started as a ‘calotypist’ but would later move on to the Collodion Process in photography. By 1855, Rodger had become widely successful having won several awards and was exceptionally proficient in several methods. He considered himself more of an artist than a clever scientist who believed that as much as the science of photography had accomplished, there was yet a wider field open. He was famous for his individual portraits and his pictorial record of the town, its people, the fisher folk and eminent visitors bought him great fame and Rodger made St Andrews the centre of world photography. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource sjv1@st-andrews.ac.uk Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,56.34017572899432,-2.7995181083679204; Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1866 Subject The topic of the resource Natural History,Photography Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT