# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harold-eugene-edgerton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:40:37.936Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/harold-eugene-edgerton"
name: "Harold Eugene Edgerton"
slug: "harold-eugene-edgerton"
description: "Harold Eugene Edgerton, also known as Papa Flash, was an American scientist and researcher, a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is largely credited with transforming the stroboscope from an obscure laboratory instrument into a common device. He also was deeply involved with the development of sonar and deep-sea photography, and his equipment was used in collaboration with Jacques Cousteau in searches for shipwrecks and even the Loch Ness Monster."
tagline: "American engineer and inventor (1903–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Doc_Edgerton_1963.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1903-04-06"
deathDate: "1990-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump