William Dickson

William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was an Anglo-Scottish inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employ 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, to a mother of Scottish descent and an English father. His father, James Waite...
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American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

The American Mutoscope and Biograph Company was founded in 1895, and the oldest motion pictures and entertainment company in America and in existance today. The company was originally called 'American Mutoscope Company' and was started by nickelodeon producer William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, an...
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