William Friese-Greene

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British person cinematographer cinematography pioneer inventor motion picture pioneer photographer

William Friese-Greene was a British inventor and early pioneer of motion picture technology, known for his experimental work on moving-image cameras in the late 19th century.

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Label	Occurrences
William Friese-Greene canonical	3
Claude Friese-Greene	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British person ⓘ cinematographer ⓘ cinematography pioneer ⓘ inventor ⓘ motion picture pioneer ⓘ photographer ⓘ
activeInPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
birthName	William Edward Green ⓘ
burialPlace	Highgate Cemetery, London ⓘ surface form: Highgate Cemetery London, England ⓘ surface form: London
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1855-09-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1921-05-05 ⓘ
educatedAt	Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Bristol ⓘ
fieldOfWork	cinematography ⓘ motion picture technology ⓘ photography ⓘ
hasOccupationHistory	camera inventor ⓘ portrait photographer ⓘ
hasRelative	William Friese-Greene self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Claude Friese-Greene
influenced	development of British cinema ⓘ
knownFor	early motion picture cameras ⓘ experimental moving-image cameras ⓘ pioneering work in cinematography ⓘ
name	William Friese-Greene self-link ⓘ
nationality	British ⓘ
notableWork	early moving-picture camera experiments in the 1880s ⓘ
occupation	cinematographer ⓘ inventor ⓘ photographer ⓘ
patent	chronophotographic camera ⓘ motion picture camera using celluloid film ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Bristol ⓘ England ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfDeath	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London United Kingdom ⓘ
residence	Bristol ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London
spouse	Edith Harrison ⓘ Helena Friese-Greene ⓘ
subjectOf	biographical discussions on early cinema history ⓘ The Magic Box ⓘ surface form: film "The Magic Box"
workedOn	development of intermittent mechanism for film movement ⓘ early color motion picture processes ⓘ experiments with celluloid film for motion pictures ⓘ

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Highgate Cemetery, London → hasNotableBurial → William Friese-Greene ⓘ

subject surface form: Highgate Cemetery

St Marylebone Cemetery → notableBurial → William Friese-Greene ⓘ

William Friese-Greene → name → William Friese-Greene self-link ⓘ

William Friese-Greene → hasRelative → William Friese-Greene self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Claude Friese-Greene