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Georges Demeny

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Georges Demeny

Unknown (Atelier Nadar), 1875-1895, Georges Demenÿ (1850-1917), Photograph, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie (BnF), LL/92594

Georges Demeny

Born: Georges Émile Joseph Demenÿ
Other: Georges Demenÿ

Born: 1850, 12 June - France, Douai
Died: 1917, 26 December - France, Paris
Gender: Male
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A proponent of physical exercise and an assistant of Etienne-Jules Marey for the chronophotography techniques study movement. In 1892 he patented his Photophone for taking moving images and his Phonoscope for projecting them and was therefore a significant figure in the development of early cinema.

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Georges Demeny, n.d., Chronophotographie de Georges Demenÿ prononçant la phrase "je vous aime"., Chronophotograph, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie (BnF), LL/92595

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Unknown (Atelier Nadar), 1875-1895, Georges Demenÿ (1850-1917), Photograph, cropped, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie (BnF), LL/92593

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Unknown (Atelier Nadar), 1875-1895, Georges Demenÿ (1850-1917), Photograph, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie (BnF), LL/92594

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Georges Demenÿ (12 June 1850 in Douai - 26 October 1917 in Paris) was a French inventor, chronophotographer, filmmaker, gymnast and physical fitness enthusiast.

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Georges Demeny Unknown (Atelier Nadar), 1875-1895, Georges Demenÿ (1850-1917), Photograph, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie (BnF), LL/92594

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Georges Demeny

Unknown (Atelier Nadar), 1875-1895, Georges Demenÿ (1850-1917), Photograph, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Département des Estampes et de la Photographie (BnF), LL/92594