Lumiere, Auguste
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| Birthname | Lumiere, Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas | ||
| born on | 19 October 1862 at 15:30 (= 3:30 PM ) | ||
| Place | Besancon, France, 47n15, 6e02 | ||
| Timezone | LMT m6e02 (is local mean time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   25°59'   08°04 Asc. 10°29'
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Biography
French pioneer of cinematography and color photography with his younger brother, Louis. Although it is his brother Louis who is generally acclaimed as the "father of the cinema," Auguste Lumiere also made a major contribution towards the development of the medium, He not only helped with the invention and construction of the cinematographer (the world's first camera and projection mechanism), but he made a number of improvements in photographic techniques.
Auguste unwittingly became one of the first film stars by appearing as a subject in many of the films shot by Louis. However, according to Louis, Auguste lost interest in the cinematographer as soon as construction had been completed, and thereafter showed no further interest in the film medium. An active biologist, he spent much of his later life working in a physiological lab clinic which he founded.
Lumiere died 4/10/1954 Lyon, France.
Relationships
- sibling relationship with Lumiere, Louis (born 5 October 1864)
Events
- Death, Cause unspecified 10 April 1954 (Age 91)
Source Notes
Petitallot quotes B.C. in hand, Cadran No.18, 4/1995, in correction of Gauquelin Vol 2/455 which gave 9:30 AM in error.
"Auguste and Louis Lumière, Letters," (Jacques Rittaud-Hutinet, ed.) London: Faber and Faber, 1995.
Categories
- Vocation : Art : Photography (Cinematography)
- Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 91)
- Vocation : Science : Biology (Physiology)
- Family : Childhood : Sibling circumstances (Brother Jean co-worker)
- Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Founded psysiological lab clinic, early cinema photography)
