Robert W. Paul

Birthday: 1869-10-04
Deathday: 1943-03-28
Birthplace: Highbury, London, England, UK
Gender: Male

Robert William Paul (3 October 1869 – 28 March 1943) was an English pioneer of film and scientific instrument maker.

He made narrative films as early as April 1895. Those films were shown first in Edison Kinescope knockoffs. In 1896 he showed them projected. That was about the time the Lumière brothers were pioneering projected films in France.

His first notably successful scientic device was his Unipivot galvanometer.

In 1999 the British film industry erected a commemorative plaque on his building at 44 Hatton Garden, London.

Credits

Year Title
1910-01-02 The Butterfly
1909-01-02 Domesticated Elephants
1909-01-01 The King and Queen's Visit to Berlin
1906-09-27 Aberdeen University Quarter Centenary Celebrations
1906-01-01 Return of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales
1905-04-15 A Victim of Misfortune
1905-01-02 Goaded to Anarchy
1904-06-01 Buy Your Own Cherries
1903-11-01 An Extraordinary Cab Accident
1903-08-18 A Chess Dispute
1903-07-18 Hammerfest
1903-01-24 The Delhi Durbar
1903-01-02 Bloodhounds Tracking a Convict
1903-01-02 Race for the Grand National
1902-12-29 Delhi Durbar
1902-07-08 His Only Pair
1901-10-01 The Countryman and the Cinematograph
1901-08-11 The Deonzo Brothers
1901-01-02 The Football Final
1901-01-02 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race 1901
1900-01-02 The Derby 1900
1900-01-02 Training Cavalry Horses: The Recruit's First Ride
1900-01-02 Phantom Ride, Chamonix
1900-01-02 The Bout
1900-01-02 The Training of Infantry
1900-01-02 The Deserter
1900-01-02 Cyclists and Pony Traps
1900-01-02 Firing at the Ranges
1900-01-02 Training at the Regimental Depot
1900-01-01 Army Life: Mounted Infantry
1900-01-01 His Brave Defender
1899-09-13 On a Runaway Motor-Car Through Piccadilly Circus
1899-01-02 Gordon Highlanders Leaving for the Boer War
1899-01-01 Attack on a Piquet
1898-08-01 Tommy Atkins in the Park
1898-08-01 A Favourite Domestic Scene
1898-02-01 Clog Dancing Contest for the Championship of England
1898-01-01 Sirdar's Reception at Guildhall
1898-01-01 The Launch of H.M.S. Albion
1898-01-01 Come Along, Do!
1898-01-01 A Switchback Railway
1898-01-01 Tetherball, or Do-Do
1897-10-30 Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee
1897-09-29 The Vanishing Lady
1897-09-22 Fun on the Clothesline
1897-09-01 The Young Rivals
1897-01-01 Head of Procession Including Bluejackets
1897-01-01 Royal Carriages Passing Westminster
1897-01-01 Dragoons Passing St Paul's
1897-01-01 Head of Colonial Procession, Canadians, etc
1897-01-01 Life Guards and Princes North of St Paul's
1897-01-01 Royal Carriage Arriving at St Paul's
1897-01-01 Caped Mounted Riflemen Passing St Paul's
1897-01-01 Royal Princes in St. Paul's Churchyard
1897-01-01 Queen's Carriage and Indian Escort Arriving at St. Paul's
1897-01-01 Robbery
1896-10-01 Children in the Nursery
1896-08-01 The Twins' Tea Party
1896-07-01 Scene on the River Thames
1896-05-29 The Derby
1896-01-02 Our New General Servant
1896-01-02 Contortionist
1896-01-02 Gardener Watering Plants
1896-01-01 Waves Breaking
1896-01-01 Blackfriars Bridge
1896-01-01 Hyde Park Bicycling Scene
1896-01-01 On Westminster Bridge
1896-01-01 Royal Train
1896-01-01 Comic Costume Race
1896-01-01 Footpads
1895-05-01 The Arrest of a Bookmaker