Edward Craven Walker

ABOUT EDWARD CRAVEN WALKER

Inventor of the Lava Lamp, a novelty that became a staple in the 1960s counterculture.

He worked as a photographer during World War II and was also a pilot.

He was a naturist, founding one of the largest camps in the United Kingdom.

He had three children with his wife Marjorie. He was married a total of four times.

He took Thomas Alva Edison 's idea of the light bulb to new, psychedelic heights.