- Member of the Brighton set, a group of early experimental English filmmakers.
- Co-developer, with partner Charles Urban, of an early color process called Kinemacolor in 1906.
- Was the proprietor of St. Anne's Well Pleasure Garden in Hove.
- Was a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
- His films were first distributed by the Warwick Trading Company, managed by American Charles Urban.
- At the end of 19th century he produced also "keyhole shots", a kind of short and voyeuristic films
- He created some of the first glass shots.
- In 1897 he patented a method to make double exposures.
- He began his career as a portrait photographer
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