Elias Bernard Koopman

Elias Bernard Koopman (1860 – August 23, 1929) was a founder of the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.^[1] He was also a founder of The Magic Introduction Company.^[2] He later headed the Runsyne Corporation, a maker of electrical signs.

First meeting of the members of the K.M.C.D. Syndicate on September 22, 1895, from left: Henry Norton "Harry" Marvin, William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, Herman Casler, and Elias Bernard Koopman taken at the home of Harry Marvin, Canastota, New York

Biography

He was born in 1860. In 1895 with William Kennedy Dickson and Herman Casler and Henry Norton "Harry" Marvin he founded the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.^[1]

He committed suicide by stabbing himself in the abdomen in 1929 in the Hotel Cumberland. He was taken to the hospital while still alive, but he died a few hours later. He left a note for his brother, Harry Koopman telling him of his intentions. In the note he asked that his family not mourn for him. He also asked that his body be donated to science. He was 69 years old.^[3]

Patents

• U.S. patent 414,058 pocket lamp ^[2]

External links

• Elias Bernard Koopman at Who's Who of Victorian Cinema

References

1. "Elias Bernard Koopman". British Film Institute. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
2. "The Magic Introduction Company". The Lampworks. Retrieved 2007-09-25.
3. "Koopman Stabs Himself. Head of Runsyne Corporation Dies in Hospital Hours Later". The New York Times. August 24, 1929. Retrieved 2007-09-25.