What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Thomas Rodger, 1833-1883, the first professional photographer in St. Andrews. He was taught the calotype process by Dr John Adamson, who induced him to make it his life's work. His pictorial record of the town, its people, the fisher folk and eminent visitors, brought him great fame. His favour with visiting royalty gave him journeys to London on royal photographic missions. He built this house and in it the first photographic studio in the town. Brewster, the Adamsons and Rodger together made St. Andrews a world centre of photography.
Thomas Rodger, active from 1833 to 1883, was the first professional photographer in St. Andrews and played a crucial role in documenting the town's life and eminent visitors, significantly contributing to St. Andrews becoming a world center of photography alongside Sir David Brewster and Dr John Adamson.
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