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French scientist and chronophotographer

Étienne-Jules Marey (French:[etjɛnʒylmaʁɛ]; 5 March 1830, Beaune, Côte-d'Or – 15 May 1904,^[1] Paris) was a French scientist, physiologist and chronophotographer.

His work was significant in the development of cardiology, physical instrumentation, aviation, cinematography and the science of laboratory photography. He is widely considered to be a pioneer of photography and an influential pioneer of the history of cinema.

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He was also a pioneer in establishing a variety of graphical techniques for the display and interpretation of quantitative data from physiological measurement.^[2]

Biography

Marey started by studying blood circulation in the human body.

Then he shifted to analyzing heart beats, respiration, muscles (myography), and movement of the body. To aid his studies he developed many instruments for precise measurements. For example, in 1859, in collaboration with the physiol