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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