William Carr Crofts: William Carr Crofts. Director: London's Trafalgar Square. William Carr Crofts was an English architect, entrepreneur and photographic pioneer, born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. He was a cousin of Wordsworth Donisthorpe, an inventor. In 1882 he and Donisthorpe founded the Liberty and Property Defense League. Using Donisthorpe's kinesigraph, he and Donisthorpe took a moving picture of London's Trafalgar Square (1890). This short film was possibly inspired by his brother Ernest Crofts,...
Known For: London's Trafalgar Square (Director)