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John William Baker
Juan Guillermo Béquer (born John William Baker; March 10, 1781March 16, 1860) was an American-born Spanish slave trader and planter who spent most of his life in Captaincy General of Cuba, Cuba. He was the son of Jacob Baker, a merchant based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his wife Hannah Smith. Baker moved to Trinidad, Cuba in 1805, and became wealthy through his involvement in several businesses, including the Atlantic slave trade and owning Sugar plantations in the Caribbean, sugar plantations. He became a naturalized Spanish citizen in 1819, and changed his name to "Juan Guillermo Béquer". Baker was subsequently awarded the titles of Order of Isabella the Catholic, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Order of Charles III, Knight of the Order of Charles III, and Order of Santiago, Knight of the Order of Santiago by Isabella II. He was to be made a member of the Spanish nobility with the title of "Marquess of San Juan de Piedras Albas", but Baker d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photograph Of A Painting Of John William Baker
A photograph (also known as a photo, image, or picture) is an image created by light falling on a photosensitivity, photosensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image sensor, such as a charge-coupled device, CCD or a active pixel sensor, CMOS chip. Most photographs are now created using a smartphone/camera, which uses a photographic lens, lens to focus the scene's visible spectrum, visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of what the human eye would see. The process and practice of creating such images is called photography. Etymology The word ''photograph'' was coined in 1839 by Sir John Herschel and is based on the Greek language, Greek φῶς ('':el:phos, phos''), meaning "light," and γραφή (''graphê''), meaning "drawing, writing," together meaning "drawing with light." History The first permanent photograph, a contact-exposed copy of an engraving, was made in 1822 using the Bitumen of Judea, bitumen-based "heliography" process develope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
