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Janet (Jessie) Mann
Janet Mann (20 Jan. 1805 - 12 April 1867). Pioneer of photography and considered to be Scotland's first female photographer.

Early life
Janet Mann was born in Perth, Scotland on the 20th January 1805 the daughter of Alexander Mann (housepainter) and Sarah Laidley. The family lived opposite the house of pioneering Scottish photographer David Octavius Hill. She moved with two sisters to her brother Alexander's in Edinburgh on the death of her father in 1839. Alexander was Hill's solicitor. In 1847 she moved to lodgings near Hill's photographic studio at Rock House.

Career
Janet became the assistant of Hill and his partner Robert Adamson.