Burton Holmes | |
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 Holmes, c. 1905 | |
| Born | Elias Burton Holmes January 8, 1870 |
| Died | July 22, 1958 (aged 88) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Travel lecturer |
| Known for | Travelogues |
Elias Burton Holmes (January 8, 1870 – July 22, 1958) was an American traveler, photographer and filmmaker credited with the invention of the "travelogue",[1] though the term itself was apparently coined in 1898 by John Bowker.[2] Travel stories, slide shows, and motion pictures were all in existence before Holmes began his career, as was the profession of travel lecturer; but Holmes was the first person to put all of these elements together into documentary travel lectures.[citation needed] He recorded the earliest known footage of Japan and Korea, in 1899.
- ^ Paul S. Landau and Deborah D. Kaspin, Images and Empires: Visuality in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa (University of California Press, 2002), 216.
- ^ "Travelogue, N". Oxford English Dictionary. 2023. doi:10.1093/OED/1157082054.