Timeline
The life and career of Eadweard Muybridge, 1830–1904
Born Edward James Muggeridge on April 9 in Kingston upon Thames, England
Emigrates to the United States around this time, working as a bookseller in New York and San Francisco
Suffers serious head injuries in a stagecoach crash in Texas and returns to England to recuperate
Makes his first photographic expedition to the Yosemite Valley, working under the name "Helios"
Returns to photograph Yosemite with mammoth-plate cameras; begins motion experiments for Leland Stanford
Shoots and kills Major Harry Larkyns, his wife's lover, on October 17
Acquitted of murder in February on the grounds of justifiable homicide
Photographs "Sallie Gardner" galloping on June 19, proving a horse becomes fully airborne; makes his San Francisco panorama
Invents the zoopraxiscope, projecting sequences to simulate movement
Begins his extensive motion studies at the University of Pennsylvania
Publishes Animal Locomotion, 781 collotype plates of humans and animals in motion
Lectures at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in his Zoopraxographical Hall
Publishes the popular book Animals in Motion
Publishes The Human Figure in Motion
Dies on May 8 in Kingston upon Thames, England