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Eadweard Muybridge
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English-American photographer (1830–1904)
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Eadweard Muybridge (1830–1904) was a British and American photographer, inventor, film director, and actor. Born in Kingston upon Thames, he worked primarily in the field of photography and was recognized as the "Father of the Motion Picture." His notable works include *Sallie Gardner at a Gallop*, *The science of animal locomotion (zoopraxography)*, and *Human motion*. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame collection.
Muybridge’s works are held in several institutions, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the National Gallery of Victoria. He participated in Documenta 6. He died of prostate cancer in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames.
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Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK
Edward James Muggeridge, known by the pseudonym Eadweard Muybridge (April 9, 1830, Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom - ibid., May 8, 1904) was an English-American photographer important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection. Today, Muybridge is known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion in 1877 and 1878, which used…
Known for
- Eadweard Muybridge, Zoopraxographer — Self (archive footage)1975
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Kingston upon Thames
- Place of death
- Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
- Occupation
- bookseller
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Participant in
- Documenta 6
- Field of work
- photography
- Image
- Muybridge-2.jpg
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- Eadweard Muybridge
- date of death
- 1904-05-08
- date of birth
- 1830-04-09
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- Eadweard Muybridge
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- name in native language
- Eadweard Muybridge
- writing language
- English language
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Eadweard Muybridge
- nickname
- Father of the Motion Picture
- birth name
- Edward James Muggeridge
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Eadweard Muybridge, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Galloping horse, animated using photos by Muybridge (1887) Eadweard Muybridge (/ˌɛdwərd ˈmaɪbrɪdʒ/ ED-wərd MY-brij; 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture projection.
He adopted the first name "Eadweard" as the original Anglo-Saxon form of "Edward", and the surname "Muybridge", believing it to be similarly archaic. A photographer in the 19th century American West, he photographed Yosemite, San Francisco, the newly acquired Alaskan Territory, subjects involved in the Modoc War, and lighthouses on the West Coast. He also made his early moving picture studies in California.
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