Edwin H. Land
American scientist and inventor (1909-1991) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 81
Edwin Herbert Land, ForMemRS, FRPS, Hon.MRI was an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation. He invented inexpensive filters for polarizing light, a practical system of in-camera instant photography, and the retinex theory of color vision.
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1991Died1 March 19911988National Medal of Technology and InnovationAward1986Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1979Harold Pender AwardAwardHarvey PrizeAward1974Perkin MedalAward1971Richtmyer Memorial Lecture AwardAward1967National Medal of ScienceAward1965IRI MedalAward1963Presidential Medal of FreedomAwardWilliam Procter Prize for Scientific AchievementAward1949Dennis Gabor Medal and PrizeAward1948Holley MedalAward1938Elliott Cresson MedalAwardJohn Scott AwardAward1909Born7 May 1909
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His Polaroid instant camera went on sale in 1948 and made it possible for a picture to be taken and developed in one minute or less.
Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1909 to 1991 · aged 81
