Dec 27, 2018
Birt Acres, 'pioneer of the cinematograph', 1854-1918
Birt Acres, ‘pioneer of the cinematograph’, 1854-1918
Birt Acres was born on 23 July 1854 in Richmond, Virginia. He died on 27 December 1918, 100 years ago today, in Whitechapel, London. For reasons I cannot explain, he is buried in a cemetery in Walthamstow, further out of the city, and just a few minutes away from where I live.
Birt Acres’s grave in Walthamstow, east London
The other day I took a stroll to Queens Road Cemetery, London E17 to take…
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