Named after William Henry Fox Talbot - British photographer, physicist, archaeologist (1800-1877).
Talbot is a small lunar crater on the Mare Smythii, near the eastern limb. It lies. The crater is entirely surrounded by the dark lunar mare. It is a circular, bowl-shaped formation with an almost featureless interior floor. (wikipedia entry)
A crater is a circular depression likely created by an impact event. On the Moon they are named after deceased scientists, polar explorers, astronauts or cosmonauts.
