<Tr> <Th> Known for </Th> <Td> Photography Pyréolophore internal combustion engine </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Signature </Th> </Tr> <P> Nicéphore Niépce (born Joseph Niépce; 7 March 1765--5 July 1833) was a French inventor, now usually credited as the inventor of photography and a pioneer in that field . Niépce developed heliography, a technique he used to create the world's oldest surviving product of a photographic process: a print made from a photoengraved printing plate in 1825 . In 1826 or 1827, he used a primitive camera to produce the oldest surviving photograph of a real - world scene . Among Niépce's other inventions was the Pyréolophore, the world's first internal combustion engine, which he conceived, created, and developed with his older brother Claude . </P> <P> Niépce was born in Chalon - sur - Saône, Saône - et - Loire, where his father was a wealthy lawyer; this caused the whole family to flee the French Revolution . His older brother Claude (1763--1828) was also his collaborator in research and invention, but died half - mad and destitute in England, having squandered the family wealth in pursuit of non-opportunities for the Pyréolophore . Niepce also had a sister and a younger brother, Bernard . </P>

Who is responsible for the first permanent photograph called a heliograph