Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Roger Fenton Biography and Timeline

Follow Roger Fenton through 3 dated historical records for Great Britain.

Roger Fenton, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

3Distinct records
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1854–1855Years on this page

1854

Crimean Photography

Photographer · War Photographer · London · Warfare / Crimean War

Receives support to photograph the war, preparing for a pioneering photographic expedition to Crimea.

Role range: 1853-1856

1855

Crimean Photography

Photographer · War Photographer · Balaclava · Warfare / Crimean War

Photographs officers, soldiers, camps and landscapes in Crimea, creating one of the earliest major photographic records of war.

Role range: 1853-1856

Valley of the Shadow of Death

Photographer · War Photographer · Crimea · Warfare / Crimean War

Photographs the shell-strewn landscape later known through his image of the Valley of the Shadow of Death.

Role range: 1853-1856

Records, sources and methodology

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