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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, among other things. His Polaroid instant camera went on sale in late 1948 and made it possible for a picture to be taken and developed in 60 seconds or less.
BornEdwin Herbert Land, May 7, 1909, Bridgeport, Connecticut
DiedMarch 1, 1991, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Other namesDr. Land, Din (Close Friends)
NationalityAmerican
FieldsOptics, Polarization, Color Vision
Known forPolarizing film, Land instant camera
Notable awardsPresidential Medal of Freedom (1963), IRI Medal (1965), Perkin Medal (1974), Harold Pender Award (1979), National Medal of Technology (1988), Fellow of the Royal Society
SpouseHelen Terre Maislen (m. 1929, 2 children)

About Edwin H. Land

Inventor Edwin H. Land was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States on May 7, 1909. He dies at the age of 81, on March 1, 1991.

Inventor of low-cost camera filters and co-founder of the Polaroid corporation. During World War II, he also assisted in the development of dark-adaptation goggles, target finders, and the first passively guided smart bombs for the US Army.

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Edwin H. Land before becoming famous

Edwin H. Land was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1909 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Rooster (雞).

He briefly attended Harvard University before relocating to New York City, where he began developing polarizing light filters.

Achievement of Edwin H. Land

He invented the Polaroid instant camera, which went on sale in late 1948 and allowed an image to be shot and developed in 60 seconds or less.

Edwin H. Land's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

His father had a scrap metal business.

Edwin H. Land Collabed with

Pop Artist Andy Warhol and other artists who used Polaroid cameras owe their careers to him.

Edwin H. Land Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Edwin H. Land updated on March 21 2023.