| LC control no. | n 84034340 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lubin, Siegmund, -1923 |
| Variant(s) | Lubin, Siegmund, d. 1923 Lubin, Sigmund, -1923 Lubszynski, Siegmund, -1923 Lubszyński, Zygmunt, -1923 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Berlin (Germany) |
| Located | Philadelphia (Pa.) |
| Birth date | 1841~ |
| Death date | 1923-09-11 |
| Place of birth | Posen (Germany) |
| Place of death | Ventnor City (N.J.) |
| Field of activity | Motion picture industry Optometry |
| Profession or occupation | Motion picture producers and directors Executives Opticians |
| Special note | Date of birth varies in sources: April 20 or April 21; 1841, 1851, or 1854. |
| Found in | Eckhardt, J.P. Peddler of dreams, c1984: t.p. (Siegmund Lubin) p. 1 (25 yrs. old in 1876) p. 17 (d. 9/11/23) Sigmund Lubin-Betzwood Collection viewed online, February 22, 2018 at the Montgomery County Community College WWW site Lubin's timeline (Siegmund Lubszynski, born in Samter near Posen in the kingdom of Prussia (modern day Poland); recent research has determined that Lubin was born in c. 1841, and not 1851 as reported in The king of the movies in 1997; worked as an optician in Philadelphia, then began making magic lantern slides, film projectors and cameras, then making and distributing motion pictures; founded Lubin Manufacturing Company in 1909; sold motion picture studio and company in 1917 and returned to working as an optician; died in Ventnor, New Jersey in 1923) Eckhardt, J. The king of the movies : film pioneer Sigmund Lubin, c1997: p. 1 (Siegmund Lubszynski; son of Polish Jews living in Berlin, Germany; neither the place or the exact date of his birth is known; Lubin claimed both Breslau and Posen as his birthplace; his death certificate gives his birth year as 1851, his gravestone says 1854; emigrated to the U.S. in 1876) p. 2 (graduated from Heidleburg University with a degree in ophthalmology; settled in Philadelphia in 1883) p. 80 (built "Lubinville" studio and founded Lubin Manufacturing Company in 1909) p. 238 (died on September 11, 1923 in New Jersey) Internet movie database, Mar. 4, 2004 (Siegmund Lubin; b. Apr. 20, 1851, Breslau, Germany; d. Sept. 10, 1923, Atlantic City, N.J.; director, producer, actor; sometimes credited as Sigmund Lubin) Wikipedia WWW site, viewed February 22, 2018 (Siegmund Lubin; born Zygmunt Lubszyński, April 20, 1851; died, September 11, 1923; German-American motion picture pioneer who founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia) Find-a-grave WWW site, viewed February 22, 2018 gravestone (Siegmund Lubin; born, April 20, 1854; died, September 11, 1923) |
| Associated language | eng |
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