·         Known as the inventor of the first practical photographic process to be both sharp and easily reproducible 

·         Born in 1813 in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England 

·         The son of a butcher 

·         Lost his parents at a young age and was brought up by distant relatives and friends 

·         He was apprenticed to a bullion dealer and silversmith in London 

·         Eventually began working as a sculptor and set up a studio where created busts of well-known people 

·         In 1847, began using photography as an aid in his work, and soon began devoting all his time to the new art 

·         Was trained in the calotype process, he was unsatisfied with the texture and unevenness of the paper negative 

·         He experimented with a variety of solutions and surfaces 

·         In 1849, made a breakthrough when he coated a glass plate with acollodion solution and exposed the plate while it was still wet 

·         Delayed publishing his process until his results were consistent 

·         His first article was published in The Chemist in March, 1851 and in 1852 he published A Manual of The Collodion Photographic Process 

·         Images created using collodion wet plate process were sharp like the daguerreotype, easily reproducible like calotype and enabled photographers to dramatically reduce exposure times 

·         The process led to a rapid expansion in all areas of photography 

·         The cartes de visite, ambrotype and tintype are direct results of Archer’s efforts 

·         Archer did not attempt to patent his process and received no monitory benefits from it 

·         Also made significant contributes in optics and camera design and patented several of his inventions 

·         However, Archer died before he could reap any benefits from them and he died in poverty in 1857
- contribution
* invented the photographic collodion process.
* mostly synonymous with collodian wet plate process
* the process is taught in workshops around the world and several worksbooks and manual were in print.
camera and lenses
- While Archer gained very little commercial success as a photographer he maintained his living working precariously as an inventor.

His inventions included a camera inside which the various developing processes for the Calotype could be self-contained (later adapted for Archer's own collodion process by his friend William Morgan Brown of Ewell, Surrey) and a variety of types of lenses.
                   
He regularly advertised his cameras and lenses in Journals such as Notes & Queries.
The Chemist' 1851
-Archer's findings were first published in the ‘Chemist’ magazine in March 1851 in a communication dated 18 February. The new process was much faster than the Calotype reducing exposure times to seconds rather than minutes. It was also less expensive to produce than the daguerreotype. Importantly it allowed superbly detailed negatives to be made of a quality never before seen. By printing the new negatives on albumen paper new aesthetic possibilities and practical applications for photography were opened up.
exhibition , event and awards
- 1851 Exhibition at the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park. London.
-  In 1854 Archer published a manual on the process entitled "THE COLLODION PROCESS on GLASS."
- 1851 He published the details of the the Wet Collodion Process in the Chemist magazine.
-  1854, 2nd Tour, 1st Set, Society of Arts | Study of Perspective | Collodion 
-  1857, London, Photographic Society | Maidstone Church | Collodion
-  The Royal Photographic Society has a small collection of Scott Archer's photographs in the Victoria and Albert Museum