Person: MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard (1830-1904)

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Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Eadweard James MUYBRIDGE

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

pioneer of chronophotography and lantern lecturer

Main period of activity

1870s-1900s

Other internet resources

see record in Wikipedia or VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

9 April 1830

born at

Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, England

8 May 1904

died at

Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey, England

Slide sets linked to this person

photographer: Animal locomotion (lecture: G.W. Wilson, 51 slides, in/before 1905)

References

Stephen Herbert and Luke McKernan (editors), Who's who of Victorian cinema: a worldwide survey (London: British Film Institute, 1996), pp. 99-100

Stephen Herbert (editor), Eadweard Muybridge: the Kingston Museum bequest (Hastings: The Projection Box, 2004)

‘Notes’ in OMLJ 6.74 (July 1895)
– planning lecture tour of Britain

Stephen Herbert, ‘Quick change: Muybridge's patented slide-changer’ in NMLJ 9.2 (Summer 2002)

Notes

His name at birth was Edward James Muggeridge.

Lucerna ID 6003096

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 9 April 2021

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Person: MUYBRIDGE, Eadweard (1830-1904)