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Plaque

Eadweard Muybridge - British Film Institute

Erection date: 1996

Inscription

Eadweard Muybridge (1830 - 1904) pioneer of motion photography, lived here 1894 - 1904.
Commemorating the centenary of cinema 1996
In association with the British Film Institute. 

Site: Eadweard Muybridge - Liverpool Road (2 memorials)

KT2, Liverpool Road, 2

The Royal Photographic Society plaque is on the left above the wheelie-bins. The BFI plaque is on the pillar on the right.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Eadweard Muybridge

Photographer and motion picture pioneer. Born Edward James Muggeridge in King...

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British Film Institute

In 1996 the BFI erected 126 plaques across Britain to commemorate the centena...

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Eadweard Muybridge - Royal Photographic Society

Eadweard Muybridge - Royal Photographic Society

Eadweard Muybridge photographer, 1830 - 1904, lived here. The Royal Photograp...

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