Eadweard Muybridge photographer, 1830 - 1904, lived here.
The Royal Photographic Society
Olympus
KT2, Liverpool Road, 2
The Royal Photographic Society plaque is on the left above the wheelie-bins. The BFI plaque is on the pillar on the right.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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Eadweard Muybridge - Royal Photographic Society
Photographer and motion picture pioneer. Born Edward James Muggeridge in King...
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Eadweard Muybridge - Royal Photographic Society
Initiated by Roger Fenton and founded in London as the Photographic Society o...
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Eadweard Muybridge - Royal Photographic Society
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