Edwin H. Land

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American scientist and inventor (1909-1991)

United States ScientistsLived 1909 to 1991 · aged 81

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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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Land presenting the Polavision home movie system, 1977

Awards 19

1988National Medal of Technology and Innovation

1986Foreign Member of the Royal Society

1979Harold Pender Award

1979SPIE Gold Medal

1979Harvey Prize

1977National Inventors Hall of Fame

1974Perkin Medal

1971Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award

1967Frederic Ives Medal

1967National Medal of Science

1965IRI Medal

1963Presidential Medal of Freedom

1963William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement

1956Howard N. Potts Medal

1949Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize

1948Holley Medal

1945Rumford Prize

1938Elliott Cresson Medal

1938John Scott Award

Connected to Edwin 6

Charles K. KaoAlso won SPIE Gold Medal

George Ellery HaleAlso won Frederic Ives Medal

Robert S. Langer, Jr.Also won IRI Medal

Leo BaekelandAlso won Perkin Medal

Peter MansfieldAlso won Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize

George BeadleAlso won William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement

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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. 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.

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