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Eadweard Muybridge
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Born
| Edward James Muggeridge
(
1830-04-09
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9 April 1830
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Died
| 8 May 1904
(1904-05-08)
(aged 74)
Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England
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Nationality
| British
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Known for
| Photography
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Eadweard Muybridge
(9 April 1830 ? 8 May 1904) was an
English
pioneer in
photographing
motion and in motion picture projection.
Muybridge was of partial
Dutch
descent. In his earlier years in
San Francisco
, Muybridge became known for his
landscape photography
, particularly of the
Yosemite Valley
. He also photographed the
Tlingit people
in
Alaska
. He was commissioned by the United States Army to photograph the
Modoc War
in 1873. In 1874 he shot and killed Major Harry Larkyns, his wife's lover. Muybridge was acquitted in a jury trial on the grounds of
justifiable homicide
.
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