Woodsworth Donisthorpe

  • Known for: Director
  • Date of birth: 1847. March 24.
  • Place of birth: Leeds - West Yorkshire - England - UK

Wordsworth Donisthorpe was an English individualist anarchist and inventor, pioneer of cinematography and chess enthusiast. In 1876, Donisthorpe filed for a patent for a film camera, which he named a "kinesigraph." The object of the invention was to: “facilitate the taking of a succession of photo...

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