Happy 182nd Birthday Eadweard J. Muybridge!

Google changed their official logo recently to honor the 182nd birthday of the legendary Eadweard J. Muybridge. The contribution of this man in zoopraxiscope way back on his time is written in his own book, "The Kingston Museum Bequest." At these point of time, there are only seventy-one surviving discs coming from his work. This device inspired Thomas Edison as well the Kinetoscope of William Kennedy Dickson.

Eadweard J. Muybridge Photo

Going back to Eadweard, he was born in Europe as Edward James Muggeridge. And because of a several unknown situation for most of us, he migrated to United States and changes his name for how many times. He was known in his spectacular photography which includes his shots from the country's famous Yosemite National Park.


Famous Animated Galloping Horse of Eadweard J. Muybridge

The different culture affect his name and even a Spanish colony in the U.S. drove him to change it to Eduardo Santiago. Historians following his written articles aside from his book knows better than Wikipedia or any reliable sources on the line. You can refer to temporary and conventional historical sites but it is good to discover his personality by visiting the nearest museum where you can find his contribution in arts.

Photographs of Eadweard taken from Yosemite as well in San Francisco, California helped him to put up his own career. He even started building a studio aside from relying on his job as publisher way back in 1855. His experience in photography with a shortcomings of technology during that years challenge him to do more for less.

On the other side, Eadweard killed Major Harry Larkyns when he discover the their intimate relationship with his wife. That incident affects his career and he flee somewhere in Central America after his trial. However, he was acquit on the murder case but situation gets worsts for his family were he need to start from the very beginning or from the scratch.

And before we can forget, Eadweard was born way back in April 9, 1830 but the cause of his death was still unknown for the many.