Eadweard James Muybridge

 Eadweard James Muybridge was born 9th April 1830 and died 8th May 1904. He was an English photographer and was well known for his pioneering work in photographic studies in motion and for his work in the early stages of motion picture projection.

In 1868 Muybridge became World famous for his large pictures of Yosemite Valley.

Here is one of his pieces of work of Yosemite Valley from 1872:

Nowadays, Muybridge is famous for his pioneering work of animal locomotion in 1877 and 1878. This is where he used multiple cameras to capture movement in stop motion photographs. 

Here is an example of Muybridge's work in animal locomotion:

                                      

Eadweard also created a device called the zoopraxiscope. This was an early device used for displaying motion pictures. It was created in 1879 and would have been considered as the first movie projector ever made. The zoopraxiscope worked by projecting images from rotating glass disks in a rapid series to give the illusion of motion. 

Here is an example of zoopraxiscope disk and then a gif of it working in action: