Edwin H. Land

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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Who was born first?

• Edwin H. Land and Lev Artsimovich were born the same year
• Edwin H. Land and Leo Fender were born the same year
• Edwin H. Land and Nikolai Bogolyubov were born the same year
• Edwin H. Land was born 1 year before William Shockley
• Edwin H. Land was born 1 year before Momofuku Ando

Timeline

1. Edwin H. Land (this page)May 7, 1909 – March 1, 1991
2. Leo FenderAugust 10, 1909 – March 21, 1991
3. Lev ArtsimovichFebruary 12, 1909 – March 1, 1973
4. Nikolai BogolyubovAugust 8, 1909 – February 13, 1992
5. Momofuku AndoMarch 5, 1910 – January 5, 2007
6. William ShockleyFebruary 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989

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