Enoch J. Rector
Inventor, Deceased Person
1863 – 1957
Who was Enoch J. Rector?
Enoch J. Rector was an American boxing film promoter and early cinema technician. He was a partner in Woodville Latham's Kinetoscope Exhibition Company during the mid-1890s, working with Latham and his sons Otway and Grey, as well as fellow cinema technicians William Kennedy Laurie Dickson and Eugene Lauste.
Cinema historian Terry Ramsaye later claimed that Rector, during his association with Latham, invented the 'Latham loop', a key feature of modern cinema cameras and projectors, in 1895. However, in 1927 Dickson stated unequivocally that Lauste was responsible for this important invention. Using this technique, Rector created the 90-minute documentary film, The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight.
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- Born
- Oct 9, 1863
Parkersburg - Also known as
- Enoch Rector
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- West Virginia University
- Died
- Jan 26, 1957
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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