William Norman Lascelles Davidson

Experimental color film made by Davidson and Jumeaux, c. 1902/3.

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. Davidson worked together with Dr. Benjamin Jumeaux. Although their work was unsuccessful, they 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 31 October 2007.
^ 1911 England Census

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[1] Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014

[vc-2] "William Norman Lascelles Davidson". Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. Retrieved 31 October 2007.

[3] 1911 England Census

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