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Auguste Lumière — Engineer and industrialist, 1862–1954
The son of a photographer settled in Lyon and trained at La Martinière, he ran the family photographic plate works with his brother and took part in the work that led to the Cinématographe. He then spent half a century on medical and biological research, much disputed in his lifetime. (Editorial synthesis)
Recorded sibling of Auguste Lumière: Louis Lumière. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Auguste Lumière was born on 19 October 1862. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Auguste Lumière was born in Besançon. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Auguste Lumière died on 10 April 1954. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Auguste Lumière died in Lyon. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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