William Friese-Greene
Inventor
1855 – 1921
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Who was William Friese-Greene?
William Friese-Greene was a British portrait photographer and prolific inventor. He is principally known as a pioneer in the field of motion pictures and is credited by some as the "inventor" of cinematography, although his work post-dates that of Louis Le Prince, who successfully shot the world's first moving pictures in Leeds in 1888.
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- Born
- Sep 7, 1855
Bristol - Also known as
- William Edward Green
- Spouses
- Helena Friese
(1874/03/24 - 1895) - Edith Harrison
(1897 - 1921/05/05)
- Helena Friese
- Children
- Nationality
- England
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Queen Elizabeth's Hospital
- Lived in
- Bristol
- Died
- May 5, 1921
London - Resting place
- Highgate Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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