The Biographical Dictionary of Panoramists of the English-Speaking World

We are very grateful to Ralph Hyde’s daughter Jeannette and his estate for donating Ralph’s comprehensive but unpublished work The Biographical Dictionary of Panoramists of the English-Speaking World to The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum.

Ralph began the project as a joint venture with the German scholar Stephan Oetterman but contimued working on it for many years after Stephan moved on to other projects. Although never finally completed the dictionary offers details on many hundreds of panoramists, not just in the UK but also the USA and other parts of the English-Speaking World (and indeed some in Russia too). Rights to the Dictionary are with the estate of Ralph Hyde.

The Dictionary complements the very extensive holdings in The Bill Douglas Cinema Museum on Panoramas and 19th century immersive media.