Unusual name. Any relation to Tim of Talk Talk fame?
That’s what I wandered
Claude, born Claude Harrison Greene was the son of William Friese-Greene, a pioneer in early cinematography. He was the grandfather of musician and music producer Tim Friese-Greene
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I thought the name was familiar. When we lived in Brighton there was some kind of memorial (perhaps even the photography workshop) of William F-G in a park near where we lived
Early lifeEdit
William Edward Green was born on 7 September 1855, in Bristol.[1] He studied at the Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital school.[2] In 1871 he was apprenticed to the Bristol photographer Marcus Guttenberg,[3] but later successfully went to court to be freed early from the indentures of his seven-year apprenticeship.[2] He married the Swiss Helena Friese (born Victoria Mariana Helena Friese[4]) on 24 March 1874, and in a remarkable move for the era, decided to add her maiden name to his surname. In 1877 he set up his own studio in Bath, and by 1881 had expanded his business with more studios in Bath, Bristol and Plymouth.[5]
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Hmm. It seems there was also someone called Williamson doing pioneering Cinematography in Hove.
Did you find him
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Didn’t realise Maureen was in N Y
I like how it’s Shubert - presumably the guy deGermanised his name - and theatre rather than theater. Gotta love American spelling.
I did a find on the Wikipedia page for Broadway Theatre (which is in the Theater District, obv) and it has 57 instances on theatre and 13 of theater.
Clearly French is better, we should have ridiculous accents. Both written and spoken.
If its the name of a building or production company Americans generally use “theatre”. Weird.
Night soil man who used to take away human waste to be used in fertilizer, Dunston, Lincolnshire, England, 1872
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I’m sure I’ve seen similar boots in the last week or so. Anyone in Lincolnshire get new boots recently??? 
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Off to Amazon for a Solar Topee!
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The dripping hessian sack is a nice touch
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