Eadweard Muybridge

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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1. When was Eadweard Muybridge born?April 9, 1830
2. When did Eadweard Muybridge die?May 8, 1904 (age 74)
3. Where was Eadweard Muybridge born?Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England
4. What is the career?Photographer, inventor, early motion picture pioneer
5. Who was Eadweard Muybridge?Eadweard Muybridge was a photographer born in 1830 who loved to study how animals and people move. He used his pictures to learn about motion and help make movies later on.
6. How did he take pictures of a horse running?He set up many cameras—up to 24—along a track and used tripwires to start each camera when the horse passed. The cameras took quick shots, about 1/1000 of a second, so he could see every step.

Chronophotography: The scientific study of motion by taking a series of photographs at regular intervals.
Zoopraxiscope: An early device invented by Muybridge that projected a sequence of images from rotating discs, creating an illusion of motion.
Biomechanics: The study of the mechanical laws relating to the movement or structure of living organisms.
Persistence of Vision: The optical illusion that occurs when the brain retains an image for a fraction of a second after it has disappeared.