William K.L. Dickson

Biography

William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a Scottish inventor and the Edison Manufacturing Company's official photographer. In 1889, he was assigned to turn the concept of a the proposed motion picture device, named the Kinetoscope, into a reality. The first working prototype was unveiled in May 1891 and the design of system was essentially finalised by the fall of 1892. The completed version of the Kinetoscope was officially unveiled at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences on 9 May 1893.

Known for

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Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle

1902 ⭐ 6.5

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Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.

1901 ⭐ 6.5

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Warships at Sunset

1900 ⭐ 6.3

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Four Warships in Rough Seas

1900 ⭐ 8.3

Career timeline

1908

Ten Pickaninnies

1908

⭐ 4.3

1902

Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle

1902

⭐ 6.5

An Obstinate Cork

1902

⭐ 4.8

1901

Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram

1901

⭐ 4.3

Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.

1901

⭐ 6.5

1900

Warships at Sunset

1900

⭐ 6.3

Four Warships in Rough Seas Notable

1900

⭐ 8.3

Tram Journey through Southampton

1900

⭐ 6.5

1899

King John

1899

⭐ 4.9

Man Overboard! Notable

1899

⭐ 8.0

Flower Parade in Haarlem

1899

⭐ 6.0

1898

Pope Leo XIII Leaving Carriage and Being Ushered Into Garden, No. 104

1898

⭐ 5.6

From War to Peace: First Departure of S.S. 'St. Louis' from Southampton

1898

⭐ 6.0

Corpus Christi Procession, Orvieto

1898

⭐ 5.5

1897

Place de la Concorde

1897

⭐ 6.9

Fatima Notable

1897

⭐ 9.0

Les Parisiennes

1897

⭐ 4.8

1896

Sound Money Parade Notable

1896

⭐ 8.0

American Falls from Luna Island

1896

American Falls from Goat Island

1896

1895

New Blacksmith Shop

1895

⭐ 3.8

Robetta and Doretto, No. 1

1895

⭐ 2.4

Danse serpentine (Annabelle)

1895

⭐ 5.9

1894

Fire Rescue Scene

1894

⭐ 5.3

Indian War Council

1894

⭐ 1.8

Band Drill

1894

⭐ 3.8

1893

Blacksmithing Scene

1893

⭐ 5.6

Horse Shoeing

1893

⭐ 3.0

1892

Fencing

1892

⭐ 3.6

Man on Parallel Bars

1892

⭐ 3.2

Wrestling

1892

⭐ 3.6

1891

Dickson Greeting

1891

⭐ 5.0

Newark Athlete

1891

⭐ 4.5

Men Boxing

1891

⭐ 4.3

1890

Monkeyshines, No. 1

1890

⭐ 5.0

Monkeyshines, No. 2

1890

⭐ 4.6

Monkeyshines, No. 3

1890

⭐ 3.6

Full filmography

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Ten Pickaninnies

1908 ⭐ 4.3

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Rudge-Whitworth – Britain’s Best Bicycle

1902 ⭐ 6.5

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An Obstinate Cork

1902 ⭐ 4.8

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Panorama of Ealing from a Moving Tram

1901 ⭐ 4.3

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Panorama of Grand Harbour, Malta, Showing Battleships, Etc.

1901 ⭐ 6.5

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Warships at Sunset

1900 ⭐ 6.3

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Four Warships in Rough Seas

1900 ⭐ 8.3

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Tram Journey through Southampton

1900 ⭐ 6.5

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Dutch Fishing Fleet

1900 ⭐ 6.0

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Battleship Odin Firing All Her Guns

1900 ⭐ 4.5

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King John

1899 ⭐ 4.9

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Man Overboard!

1899 ⭐ 8.0

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Flower Parade in Haarlem

1899 ⭐ 6.0

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The Landing of Savage South Africa at Southampton

1899 ⭐ 5.5

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Amann, the Great Impersonator

1899 ⭐ 6.5

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Fun on a Sand Hill

1899 ⭐ 8.5

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In a German Bath

1899 ⭐ 8.0

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From Monte Carlo to Monaco

1899 ⭐ 7.0

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Away Aloft

1899 ⭐ 7.0

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In the Friedrichstrasse

1899 ⭐ 8.0