Person: VON UCHATIUS, Franz (1811-1881)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Franz Freiher VON UCHATIUS

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

army officer and inventor of projecting phenakistiscopes

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

20 October 1811

born at

Theresienfeld, Austria

4 June 1881

died at

Vienna, Austria

Reference

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 313

Lucerna ID 6004090

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 7 August 2014

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Person: VON UCHATIUS, Franz (1811-1881)