Eadweard Muybridge

(1830-1904) British-born American photographer, inventor of an early projector known as the zoopraxiscope

Eadweard Muybridge (April 9, 1830 –  May 8, 1904) was an English-born photographer, known primarily for his early use of multiple cameras to capture motion, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated the celluloid film strip that is still used today.
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Noun
1. United States motion-picture pioneer remembered for his pictures of running horses taken with a series of still cameras (1830-1904)
(synonym) Muybridge, Edward James Muggeridge
(hypernym) inventor, discoverer, artificer