Person: REYNAUD, Emile (1844-1918)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Charles-Emile REYNAUD

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

inventor of optical entertainment devices

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

8 December 1844

born at

Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France

9 January 1918

died at

Ivry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, France

Hardware linked to this person

inventor: Praxinoscope (optical toy, n.d.)

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), pp. 252-254

‘An optical theatre’ in OMLJ 3.42 (November 1892)

Lucerna ID 6003204

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 4 July 2015

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Person: REYNAUD, Emile (1844-1918)