Eadweard Muybridge died in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, from prostate cancer at the home of his cousin Catherine Smith. His body was cremated, and his ashes were interred in a grave at Woking in Surrey.
Muybridge created sequential series of photographs of a horse in motion, using a battery of 12 cameras at Stanford's Palo Alto Stock Farm. The press and turf men witnessed the process.
"E. Muggeridge, of New York" applied for British patent no. 2352 for "An improved method of, and apparatus for, plate printing" via London solicitor August Frederick Sheppard.
Eadweard Muybridge published an announcement in the Bulletin newspaper stating that he sold his entire stock of Books, Engravings, etc. to his brother Thomas S. Muygridge.
Edward James Muggeridge, later known as Eadweard Muybridge, was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England. He was born to John and Susanna Muggeridge. His father was a grain and coal merchant.