Eadweard Muybridge
Born	Edward James Muggeridge ( 1830-04-09 ) 9 April 1830 Kingston upon Thames , Surrey , England
Died	8 May 1904 (1904-05-08) (aged 74) Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England
Nationality	British
Known for	Photography

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 . ^[1]

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