Marcus Aurelius Root (1808–1888) was a writing teacher and photographer. He was born in

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and died in

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. On 20 June 1846, he bought

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's Chestnut Street photography studio that was in the same building as Root's residence in

. Root had success as a daguerreotypist working with his brother, Samuel Root. The Root Brothers had a gallery in

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from 1849 to 1857. Marcus Aurelius Root authored an important book on photography entitled ''

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''.

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1808 births 1888 deaths 19th-century American photographers People from Granville, Ohio {{Photographer-stub