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William Kennedy Dickson
1860Aug, 3

William Kennedy Dickson

William Kennedy Dickson, French-Scottish actor, director, and producer (d. 1935)
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (3 August 1860 – 28 September 1935) was a Scottish inventor who devised an early motion picture camera under the employment of Thomas Edison.

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