Kazimierz Prószyński
Kazimierz Prószynski | |
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Prószyński, c. 1895 | |
| Born | 4 April 1875 Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 19 March 1945 (aged 69) Mauthausen, German Reich |
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| Known for | Invention of the Pleograph and the Aeroscope |
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Kazimierz Prószyński (4 April 1875 – 19 March 1945) was a Polish inventor active in the field of cinematography. He patented his first film camera, called Pleograph, before the Lumière brothers, and later went on to improve the cinema projector for the Gaumont company. He was also the inventor of the widely used first hand-held Aeroscope camera.