Wordsworth Donisthorpe

Wordsworth Donisthorpe
Born(1847-03-24)24 March 1847
Leeds, England
Died30 January 1914(1914-01-30) (aged 66)
Shottermill, England
Occupation(s)Barrister, political activist, inventor, photographer
Spouses
Ann Maria Anderson
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(m. 1873, divorced)​
  • Edith Georgina Fleming
ChildrenDe Aula Donisthorpe died in South Africa.

Edmund Donisthorpe died in South Africa Ethel Donisthorpe Died in Australia Frank Donisthorpe Died in England

Edith Donisthorpe.
Donisthorpe filmed London's Trafalgar Square traffic in 1890; these are the surviving 10 frames

Wordsworth Donisthorpe (24 March 1847 – 30 January 1914) was an English barrister,[1] individualist anarchist[2] and inventor, pioneer of cinematography and chess enthusiast.

  1. ^ Mingardi, Alberto (2011). Herbert Spencer. Continuum. p. 123. ISBN 9780826424860.
  2. ^ Bristow, Edward (1970). The defence of liberty and property in Britain, 1880-1914 (Thesis). Yale University. Quotes Donisthorpe in the Westminster Gazette: "The Late Lord Bramwell, Tolstoi, Herbert Spencer, Benjamin Tucker, Vaillart, Auberon Herbert, J.H Levy, Kropotkin, the late Charles Bradlaugh, Yves Guyot, Caserio, and thousands of smaller fry, including myself, are anarchists".