Julia Margaret Cameron
Cameron was born June 11, 1815 in Calcutta, India. Her father worked for the British East India Company. Cameron was sent to school in England and Europe. After her education she returned to British India. In 1838 she married Charles Hay Cameron. In 1848 she and her husband and children moved to England. For her 48th birthday she was given a camera. She liked experimenting with the camera and developing photographs. She often made photographs of her friends including the scientist Charles Darwin and the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson.