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   William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a British-American inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison. [1] [2]

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   Edison's laboratory was responsible for the invention of the Kinetograph (a motion picture camera) and the Kinetoscope (a peep-hole motion picture viewer). Most of this work was performed by Edison's assistant, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, beginning in 1888.

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   William Kennedy Dickson lived long enough to see his his kinetoscope invention transformed into talking motion pictures, but sadly was denied recognition for pioneering motion photography in his lifetime.

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6. www.imdb.com › name › nm0005690William K.L. Dickson - IMDb

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   William K.L. Dickson (1860-1935) Cinematographer. Director. Producer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Born in France to British parents, William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson stayed in that country until age 19, when he, his mother and sisters (their father had died sometime before) returned to Great Britain.

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Birth Place: Chateau St. Buc, Minihic-sur-Ranse, France

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: Twickenham, Middlesex, England, UK

7. www.victorian-cinema.net › dicksonWho's Who of Victorian Cinema

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   William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson. British inventor, filmmaker. W. K-L. Dickson is a key figure in the practical development of cinematography. He was born in France and emigrated to the United States in 1879. Joining Thomas Edison in 1883, he quickly rose to become one of his senior associates.

8. www.lindahall.org › william-dicksonWilliam Dickson - Linda Hall Library

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   Aug 3, 2020 · William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, a Scottish inventor who moved to the United States in 1879, was born Aug. 3, 1860. Through sheer persistence, he talked his way onto the staff of one of Thomas Edison's labs in New York City, where he began work in 1883, assigned to electrification problems (see portrait of a young Dickson). He must have been ...

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   Who was William Kennedy Dickson?

   • Frame from the 1891 Dickson Greeting, featuring William Kennedy Dickson, in the first American film shown to a public audience. William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a British inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison.

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   • James Dickson claimed direct lineage from the painter William Hogarth, and from Judge John Waite, the man who sentenced King Charles I to death. At age 19 in 1879, William Dickson wrote a letter to American inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison seeking employment. He was turned down.

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   How did William Dickson develop a Kinetoscope?

   • William Dickson and his team, at the Edison lab, simultaneously worked on the development of the Kinetoscope viewing machine. The first working prototype, using the 19mm film, was unveiled in May 1891 to a meeting of the National Federation of Women's Clubs, hosted by his wife. The 35mm camera was essentially finalised by the fall of 1892.

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   What type of film did William Dickson use?

   • Initially using 19mm film, fed horizontally, shooting circular images, Dickson eventually settled on 35 mm film with a 1.33:1 picture ratio, a standard format which is still in use to this day in cinema. William Dickson and his team, at the Edison lab, simultaneously worked on the development of the Kinetoscope viewing machine.

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10. www.imdb.com › name › nm0005690William K.L. Dickson - Biography - IMDb

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    William K.L. Dickson. Cinematographer: Sandow. Born in France to British parents, William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson stayed in that country until age 19, when he, his mother and sisters (their father had died sometime before) returned to Great Britain.