William George Horner was born in 1978 and he lived until 22 September 1837. He was a British mathematician, a schoolmaster and headmaster. The modern invention of the 'Zoetrope', under the name Daedaleum in 1834, has been attributed to him. He called it the 'Daedalum', most likely a reference to the Greek myth of Daedalus, though it was popularly referred to as 'the wheel of the devil'. The Daedalum failed to become popular until the 1860s, when it was patented by both English and American makers, including Milton Bradley. The American developer William F. Lincoln named his toy the 'Zoetrope', meaning 'wheel of life'.
The Zoetrope -
A zoetrope is a device that produces the illusion of motion from a rapid succession of static pictures. The zoetrope consists of a cylinder with slits cut vertically in the sides. On the inner surface of the cylinder is a band with images from a set of sequenced pictures. As the cylinder spins, the user looks through the slits at the pictures across. The scanning of the slits keeps the pictures from simply blurring together, and the user sees a rapid succession of images, producing the illusion of motion.
I think William George Horner was great he made animation make sense but not through the creative side he made it real through the science side.
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