What was Eadweard Muybridge's original name?
Edward James Muggeridge
Edward John Muybridge
Eadweard James Muybridge
Edward James Muybridge
Answer
Eadweard Muybridge was born as Edward James Muggeridge. He later adopted the first name "Eadweard" as the original Anglo-Saxon form of "Edward" and the surname "Muybridge" as he believed it to be similarly archaic.
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