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Education
Harvard University, Norwich Free Academy
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♉ Taurus
Chinese Zodiac
鸡 Rooster
Name Origin
English < Proto-Germanic (*Audawiniz)
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Edwin H. Land: American scientist and inventor (1909–1991).
Born in Bridgeport (died at age 81).
19 awards including Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize.
Studied at Harvard University.
AWARDS (19)
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Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize
WON
B
Elliott Cresson Medal
WON
B
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
WON
B
Frederic Ives Medal
WON
Biography
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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