"WK Dickson" redirects here. For the advocate, librarian and writer, see William Kirk Dickson.
William Kennedy Dickson
Frame from the 1891 Dickson Greeting, featuring William Kennedy Dickson, in the first American film shown to a public audience.
Born
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
(1860-08-03)3 August 1860
Le Minihic-sur-Rance, Brittany, France
Died
28 September 1935(1935-09-28) (aged 75)
Twickenham, Middlesex, England
Occupations
Inventor
director
producer
cinematographer
studio owner
actor
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a British inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison.[1][2]
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