William Norman Lascelles Davidson

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. Although his work was unsuccessful, he influenced George Albert Smith who developed the color process, known as Kinemacolor.

References
  1. Web: UK, Burial and Cremation Index, 1576-2014
  2. "William Norman Lascelles Davidson". Who's Who of Victorian Cinema. Retrieved 2007-10-31. Captain William Norman Lascelles Davidson, of the 4th Battalion The Kings (Liverpool) Regiment is a little-known experimenter in colour cinematography from the early years of cinema.
  3. 1911 England Census


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