The invention Eadweard Muybridge is known for is his zoopraxiscope, an early movie technology. But he also innovated in photography, had some other inventions, and was the defendant in a murder trial.

Research:
Ball, Edward. “The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures.” Doubleday. 2013.
Cohen, Paula Marantz. “Flickering Like Photography.” Times Literary Supplement. https://www.the-tls.com/lives/biography/scoundrel-harry-larkyns-pitiless-killing-photographer-eadweard-muybridge-rebecca-gowers-review
“A Fast Trotter Caught by a Skillful Artist on the Fly.” The Lamar Republican. May 29, 1873. https://www.newspapers.com/image/666936878/?match=1&terms=occident%20Muybridge%20
“Madness and Murder.” Whidbey Island Center for the Arts. https://www.wicaonline.org/blog/2020/2/2/1rmzzg46joal5ajvy4tesnui7v314p
“A Startling Tragedy.” Los Angeles Herald. October 22, 1874. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH18741022.2.15&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Eadweard Muybridge". Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Jun. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eadweard-Muybridge
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Leland Stanford". Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Jun. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leland-Stanford
Higgins, Charlotte. “Eadweard Muybridge's motion towards Tate Britain.” The Guardian. April 27, 2010. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/apr/27/eadweard-muybridge-tate-britain-motion-studies
“The Last Call.” San Francisco Examiner. Jul 19, 1875. https://www.newspapers.com/image/457599375/?match=1&terms=Harry%20Larkyns
Shimamura, Arthur P. “Muybridge in Motion: Travels in Art, Psychology and Neurology.” History of Photography. 2002. https://doi.org/10.1080/03087298.2002.10443307
Muybridge, Eadweard. “Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements. Commenced 1872 - Completed 1885. Volume XI, Wild Animals and Birds.” Met Museum. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/266431
Manjila, S., Singh, G., Alkhachroum, A. M., & Ramos-Estebanez, C. (2015). Understanding Edward Muybridge: historical review of behavioral alterations after a 19th-century head injury and their multifactorial influence on human life and culture. Neurosurgical Focus FOC, 39(1), E4. https://doi.org/10.3171/2015.4.FOCUS15121
Prodger, Phillip and Tom Gunning. “Time Stands Still: Muybridge and the Instantaneous Photography Movement.” Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, 2003
Solnit, Rebecca. “River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West.” Viking, 2003.
Wolf, Byron. “Eadweard Muybridge’s Secret Cloud Collection.” Places Journal. September 2017. https://placesjournal.org/article/eadweard-muybridges-secret-cloud-collection/?cn-reloaded=1

The invention Eadweard Muybridge is known for is his zoopraxiscope, an early movie technology. But he also innovated in photography, had some other inventions, and was the defendant in a murder trial.
Research:
<ul>
<li>Ball, Edward. &ldquo;The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures.&rdquo; Doubleday. 2013.</li>
<li>Cohen, Paula Marantz. &ldquo;Flickering Like Photography.&rdquo; Times Literary Supplement. https://www.the-tls.com/lives/biography/scoundrel-harry-larkyns-pitiless-killing-photographer-eadweard-muybridge-rebecca-gowers-review</li>
<li>&ldquo;A Fast Trotter Caught by a Skillful Artist on the Fly.&rdquo; The Lamar Republican. May 29, 1873. https://www.newspapers.com/image/666936878/?match=1&amp;terms=occident%20Muybridge%20</li>
<li>&ldquo;Madness and Murder.&rdquo; Whidbey Island Center for the Arts. https://www.wicaonline.org/blog/2020/2/2/1rmzzg46joal5ajvy4tesnui7v314p</li>
<li>&ldquo;A Startling Tragedy.&rdquo; Los Angeles Herald. October 22, 1874. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&amp;d=LAH18741022.2.15&amp;e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------</li>
<li>The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Eadweard Muybridge".&nbsp;Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Jun. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Eadweard-Muybridge</li>
<li>The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Leland Stanford".&nbsp;Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 Jun. 2025, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leland-Stanford</li>
<li>Higgins, Charlotte. &ldquo;Eadweard Muybridge's motion towards Tate Britain.&rdquo; The Guardian. April 27, 2010. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/apr/27/eadweard-muybridge-tate-britain-motion-studies</li>
<li>&ldquo;The Last Call.&rdquo; San Francisco Examiner. Jul 19, 1875. https://www.newspapers.com/image/457599375/?match=1&amp;terms=Harry%20Larkyns</li>
<li>Shimamura, Arthur P. &ldquo;Muybridge in Motion: Travels in Art, Psychology and Neurology.&rdquo; History of Photography. 2002. https://doi.org/10.1080/03087298.2002.10443307</li>
<li>Muybridge, Eadweard. &ldquo;Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements. Commenced 1872 - Completed 1885. Volume XI, Wild Animals and Birds.&rdquo; Met Museum. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/266431</li>
<li>Manjila, S., Singh, G., Alkhachroum, A. M., &amp; Ramos-Estebanez, C. (2015). Understanding Edward Muybridge: historical review of behavioral alterations after a 19th-century head injury and their multifactorial influence on human life and culture.&nbsp;Neurosurgical Focus FOC,&nbsp;39(1), E4.&nbsp;https://doi.org/10.3171/2015.4.FOCUS15121</li>
<li>Prodger, Phillip and Tom Gunning. &ldquo;Time Stands Still:&nbsp;Muybridge and the Instantaneous Photography Movement.&rdquo; Iris &amp; B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, 2003</li>
<li>Solnit, Rebecca. &ldquo;River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West.&rdquo; Viking, 2003.</li>
<li>Wolf, Byron. &ldquo;Eadweard Muybridge&rsquo;s Secret Cloud Collection.&rdquo; Places Journal. September 2017. https://placesjournal.org/article/eadweard-muybridges-secret-cloud-collection/?cn-reloaded=1</li>
</ul>

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