William Norman Lascelles Davidson
Captain William Norman Lascelles Davidson (c.1871 – 31 January 1935)[1] was an English soldier who was an early experimenter in color cinematography.[2]
Davidson was born in Notting Hill, London[3] to Col. Alfred Augustus Davidson of the British Indian Army. He himself because Captain of the 4th Battalion of the Kings Liverpool Regiment.
Between 1898 and 1906, Davidson spent around £3,000 trying to create a workable natural-color motion picture system. Although his work was unsuccessful, he influenced George Albert Smith who developed the color process, known as Kinemacolor.
References[]
- ^ Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014
- ^ "William Norman Lascelles Davidson". Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
Captain William Norman Lascelles Davidson, of the 4th Battalion The Kings (Liverpool) Regiment is a little-known experimenter in colour cinematography from the early years of cinema.
- ^ 1911 England Census
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