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Currently, Mathew Brady is 201 years, 4 months and 14 days old. Mathew Brady will celebrate 202rd birthday on a Saturday 18th of May 2024. Below we countdown to Mathew Brady upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Mathew Brady |
Occupation | Photographer |
Age | years old |
Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Born | May 18, 1822 (New York) |
Birthday | May 18 |
Town/City | New York |
Nationality | New York |
Mathew Brady’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Mathew Brady was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
Famous for his portraits of celebrities and his coverage of the American Civil War, he earned the title "The Father of Photojournalism."
He met and became the apprentice of painter William Paige when he was 16.
He sold small portraits of sons going off to war to their parents after posting an ad in the New York Daily Tribune with the phrase, "You cannot tell how soon it may be too late."
His Irish immigrant parents raised him with his two older siblings in Warren County, New York in the 1820s.
He photographed all but one of the 19 presidents whose administrations served America between John Quincy Adams and William McKinley.