William Freise-Greene was once much different than he is now: old, ailing, destitute, and virtually forgotten. As a young and gorgeous man named William Green, he altered his identity to add the name of his first wife so that his photography portrait work would sound more impressive. But he was also an innovator, and his fixation with finding a technique to transmit moving images altered the lives of everyone he cared about.
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William Freise-Greene was once much different than he is now: old, ailing, destitute, and virtually forgotten. As a young and gorgeous man named William Green, he altered his identity to add the name of his first wife so that his photography portrait work would sound more impressive. But he was also an innovator, and his fixation with finding a technique to transmit moving images altered the lives of everyone he cared about.
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