Eadweard Muybridge an English photographer happen to be the pioneering inventor of animal locomotion, it is an animation of an animal motion that uses multiple cameras and images to produce animating effect using the speed and film strip. During his lifetime he change his name several times like Eduardo Santiago for spanish equivalent and Eadweard Muybridge based from the name of King Edward.
Today, Google celebrate Eadweard Muybridge birthday and created a doodle animation dedicated for Eadweard.
Read more about Eadweard Muybridge at Wikipedia.org (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadweard_Muybridge)