Joseph Antoine Ferdinand was born 14th October 1801 and died 15th September 1883. He was a Belgian physicist and was the first person to demonstate the illusion of a moving image in 1832 by creating the Phenakistoscope.
The phenakistoscope worked by using counter rotating disks with repeatedly drawn images drawn on one side of them with small differences between them to create the effect of motion. On the other side it featured regularly placed slits to make the device work.
Here is a phenakistoscope working in action:
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