W.K. Dickson
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson (
1860 -
1935) was an American
inventor who is credited with the invention of the
motion picture camera under the employ of
Thomas Edison. In fact, Edison saw very little value in the contraption, but thought that it might be served to endorse his
phonograph. On
January 7,
1894 Dickson received a
patent for motion picture
film. It is generally believed that Dickson produced the world's first film, "Dickson Greeting", in 1891.