John Wesley Hyatt

John Wesley Hyatt

male, deceased (1920)
sewing machine, Perkin Medal, roller bearing, National Inventors Hall of Fame, American, Cue sports non-player personality…celluloid
John Wesley Hyatt (November 28, 1837 - 10 May, 1920) was a U.S. inventor. He is mainly known for simplifying the production of celluloid. Hyatt was...
Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge

male, deceased (1904)
photographer, celluloid, English American, Pioneer of photography, Cinematographer, American
Eadweard Muybridge (April 9, 1830 - May 8, 1904) was an English-born photographer, known primarily for his early use of multiple cameras to capture...
Alexander Parkes

Alexander Parkes

male, deceased (1890)
buried at West Norwood Cemetery, Manufacturer, buried in West Norwood Cemetery, Parkesine, George and Henry Elkington, Messenger and Sons…celluloid
Alexander Parkes (December 29 1831 - June 29 1890) was a metallurgist and inventor from Birmingham, England. He created celluloid, the first...
Henri Langlois

Henri Langlois

male, deceased (1977)
resistance, cannes film festival, les enfants de la cinémathèque, Andre Malraux, second world war, Cinémathèque Française…celluloid
Henri Langlois was a pioneer of film preservation and restoration. Langlois was born in İzmir, Turkey. He started his archives with private funds a...
Richard Leach Maddox

Richard Leach Maddox

male, deceased (1902)
photographer, roll film, cadmium bromide, British Journal of Photography, Charles Bennett, Royal Photographic Society…celluloid
Richard Leach Maddox was an English photographer and physician who invented lightweight gelatin negative plates for photography in 1871. The 'wet...

William Lowell Sr.

male, deceased (1954)
celluloid, golf equipment, tee, Copycat, William Lowell, Jr., A.G. Spalding
William Lowell, Sr. (1863 - June 24, 1954) was a dentist, and an inventor of a wooden golf tee. William Lowell was born in Hoboken, New Jersey and...