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William Friese-Greene

1855 - 1921

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William Friese-Greene (born William Edward Green, 7 September 1855 – 5 May 1921) was a prolific English inventor and professional photographer. He was known as a pioneer in the field of motion pictures, having devised a series of cameras between 1888–1891 and shot moving pictures with them in London. He went on to patent an early two-colour filming process in 1905. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Friese-Greene has received more than 252,076 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). William Friese-Greene is the 309th most popular inventor (up from 324th in 2019), the 3,373rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,903rd in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Inventor.

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  • 18

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  • 2.76

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, William Friese-Greene ranks 309 out of 354. Before her are Ivan Polzunov, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Lynn Conway, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., John Fitch, and Jay Miner. After her are Isaac Pitman, Oleg Losev, Robert S. Langer, An Wang, Jozef Murgaš, and Alexandre Alexeieff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, William Friese-Greene ranks 73. Before her are José Malhoa, Andrew Mellon, Eduard von Keyserling, Eugene V. Debs, Oskar von Miller, and Emmanuel Drake del Castillo. After her are Frank Hadow, Josiah Royce, Caroline Rémy de Guebhard, Alfred Ewing, Emil Paur, and Nataliya Kobrynska. Among people deceased in 1921, William Friese-Greene ranks 97. Before her are Dimitrios Rallis, Sherburne Wesley Burnham, Władysław Żeleński, Hans Huber, Isidor Kaufmann, and Rafael Reyes. After her are Ludwig Thoma, Jean Aicard, Edward Douglass White, Isak Saba, Leo Königsberger, and Abbott Handerson Thayer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Friese-Greene ranks 3,373 out of 7,765. Before her are Ashley Montagu (1905), Joanne Whalley (1961), Edith Evans (1888), David Lloyd (1950), Nicholas Clay (1946), and William Stukeley (1687). After her are Peter Tait (1831), Gavin Bryars (1943), Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919), Fred Pentland (1883), Mike Figgis (1948), and Anthony Head (1954).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, William Friese-Greene ranks 51. Before her are Thomas Wedgwood (1771), Rowland Hill (1795), John Barnard (1946), Joseph Bramah (1748), David Dunbar Buick (1854), and Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850). After her are Isaac Pitman (1813), Harry Brearley (1871), Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835), Henry Shrapnel (1761), Barnes Wallis (1887), and George Graham (1673).

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