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Who did Muybridge shoot and kill in 1874?

  • Major Harry Larkyns

  • Thomas Edison

  • George Eastman

  • Alexander Graham Bell

Answer

In 1874, Eadweard Muybridge shot and killed Major Harry Larkyns, his wife's lover. He was acquitted in a controversial jury trial on the grounds of justifiable homicide.
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