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Cherry Kearton
Sign in to saveEnglish nature photographer and filmmaker (1871–1940)
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It sits within the topics 1871 births, 1940 deaths and English film directors.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1871
- Died
- 1940
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Tierleben in freier natur
- Keartons' nature pictures
- The fairy-land of living things
- The animals came to drink
- Cherry Kearton's travels
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Film & TV
Thwaite, Swaledale, Yorkshire, England, UK
Cherry Kearton (8 July 1871 – 27 September 1940), was a British naturalist and filmmaker. He was the World's earliest and most influential wildlife photographers and writers, know as the first man to hunt wildlife with a camera, not a rifle. He developed innovative methods to photograph animals in the wild and, in 1895, published the first natural history book to be entirely illustrated by wild…
Known for
- Dassan: An Adventure in Search of Laughter Featuring Nature's Greatest Little Comedians — Self1930
- With Cherry Kearton in the Jungle — Self1926
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Swaledale
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Cherry Kearton with the famous chimpanzee "Toto".jpg
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- Commons category
- Cherry Kearton
- date of birth
- 1871-07-08
- date of death
- 1940-09-27
- Commons Creator page
- Cherry Kearton
- has works in the collection
- J. Paul Getty Museum
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