What is Eadweard Muybridge?
{{Infobox artist | name = Eadweard Muybridge | image = Muybridge-2.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = | birth_name = Edward James Muggeridge | birth_date = {{birth date |df=yes|1830|4|9|}} | birth_place = [[Kingston upon Thames]], [[Surrey]], England | death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|1904|5|8|1830|4|9|}} | death_place = Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England | nationality = British | field = [[Photography]] | training = | movement = | works = | patrons = | awards = }} '''Eadweard Muybridge''' (9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904) was an [[English people|English]] pioneer in [[Photography|photographing]] motion and in motion picture projection. Muybridge was of partial [[Dutch people|Dutch]] descent. In his earlier years in [[San Francisco]], Muybridge became known for his [[landscape photography]], particularly of the [[Yosemite Valley]]. He also photographed the [[Tlingit people]] in [[Alaska]]. He was commissioned by the United States Army to photograph the [[Modoc War]] in 1873. In 1874 he shot and killed Major Harry Larkyns, his wife's lover. Muybridge was acquitted in a jury trial on the grounds of [[justifiable homicide]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Riesz|first=Megan|title=Did Eadweard J. Muybridge get away with murder?|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2012/0409/Did-Eadweard-J.-Muybridge-get-away-with-murder-video|publisher=Christian Science Monitor|accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Muybridge, Eadweard}} [[Category:1830 births]] [[Category:1904 deaths]] [[Category:English photographers]] [[Category:People acquitted of murder]] [[Category:People from Surrey]]