William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a French-born Scot inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison (post-dating the work of Louis Le Prince).
Dickson was born on 3 August 1860 in Le Minihic-sur-Rance, Brittany, France. His mother was Elizabeth Kennedy-Laurie (1823?–1879) who may have been born in Virginia and was of Scottish descent. His father was James Waite Dickso...
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Date of birth:
- Aug 3, 1860
Date of death:
- Sep 28, 1935 (age 75 years)
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- William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson,
- Laurie Dickson,
- W.K.L. Dickson,
- William Kennedy Laurie Dickson,
- William Kenedy Laurie-Dickson,
- William K.L. Dickson
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