Eadweard Muybridge

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Eadweard Muybridge was a pioneering 19th-century photographer best known for his groundbreaking motion studies that led to the development of motion pictures.

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instanceOf person
photographer
pioneer of motion photography
birthName Edward James Muggeridge
causeOfDeath prostate cancer
citizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
collaboratedWith Leland Stanford
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1830-04-09
dateOfDeath 1904-05-08
developed zoopraxiscope
educatedAt self-taught in photography
employer University of Pennsylvania
familyName Eadweard Muybridge self-linksurface differs
surface form: Muybridge
fieldOfWork chronophotography
landscape photography
motion studies
genre panoramic photography
stereoscopic photography
givenName Eadweard
hasChild Eadweard Muybridge self-linksurface differs
surface form: Floredo Helios Muybridge
hasWorkLocation California, United States
surface form: California

Pennsylvania
influenced artists and filmmakers of the 20th century
development of cinema
scientific study of biomechanics
knownFor early projection of moving images
high-speed sequential photography
photographic studies of animal locomotion
languageOfWorkOrName English
laterality emigrant to the United States
movement Victorian era photography
nationality British
notableFor contributions to the development of motion pictures
pioneering motion studies of animals and humans
notableWork Animal Locomotion
The Horse in Motion
occupation inventor
motion-picture pioneer
photographer
placeOfBirth Kingston upon Thames (historically)
surface form: Kingston upon Thames
placeOfDeath Kingston upon Thames (historically)
surface form: Kingston upon Thames
residence Philadelphia
San Francisco
spouse Flora Shallcross Stone
subjectOf legal trial for the killing of Major Harry Larkyns
workedAt Palo Alto Stock Farm
surface form: Leland Stanford’s Palo Alto Stock Farm

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subject surface form: The Inventor and the Tycoon
Eadweard Muybridge familyName Eadweard Muybridge self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge hasChild Eadweard Muybridge self-linksurface differs
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