Captain William Norman Lascelles Davidson (c. 1871 – 31 January 1935)[1] was an English soldier who was an early experimenter in color cinematography.
[2] Davidson was born in Notting Hill, London[3] to Col. Alfred Augustus Davidson of the British Indian Army.
He himself because Captain of the 4th Battalion of the Kings Liverpool Regiment.
Between 1898 and 1906, Davidson spent around £3,000 trying to create a workable natural-color motion picture system.
Although their work was unsuccessful, they influenced George Albert Smith who developed the color process, known as Kinemacolor.