Talk:William Kennedy Dickson
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[edit]"W.K.L (William Kennedy Laurie) Dickson was born in 1860 in Minihic-sur-Ranse, France to an English father and a mother from Scottish descent."
http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/newsite/history/PEOPLE/WKLDickson/WKLDickson.asp
Shouldn't Dickson be described as Anglo-Scottish? His mother doesn't sound very French at all:
"His father, James Waite Dickson, was an artist, astronomer and linguist, claiming direct lineage from the painter Hogarth, and from Judge John Waite, the man who sentenced King Charles I to death. A gifted musician, his mother, Elizabeth Kennedy-Laurie Dickson, was related to the Lauries of Maxwellton (immortalised in the ballad Annie Laurie) and connected with the Duke of Athol and the Royal Stuarts."
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/magazine.cfm?id=316242002
Dickson was born in France, and lived in France until 19. His mother was from Scottish origin, thus he should be mentioned as French-Anglo-Scottish. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Grimko (talk • contribs) 16:18, 13 September 2009 (UTC)
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[edit]This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 08:23, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
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[edit]Dickson is categorized as a lot of things which this article, the cited sources and the incoming links say nothing about. If he was indeed notable as a violinist, an art historian, a sport shooter, an explorer, etc., then shouldn't the article say so? Or is it just vandalism that never got reverted? -- Jao (talk) 12:17, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
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[edit]According to the Wikipedia 120 film article, that format was not taken into use until 1901. So if Dickson split a roll film, it was most probably another roll film format. And, when is this supposed to have happened? It seems, not later than 1891. Garrrick (talk) 14:56, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
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