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Chester Carlson (Entrepreneur) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

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Death day
September 19, 1968 (62 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
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Celebrities born on February 8
Born in 1906
Aquarius named Chester
Entrepreneurs from Washington
Entrepreneurs born in United States
62 years old celebrities
First name Chester
Chester Floyd Carlson is a US physicist, inventor and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington. He is best known for inventing the electronic imaging technique, a process performed by millions of copiers around the world today. The Carlson process produces a dry copy, as opposed to the wet copies which are then produced by the camcorder process. The Carlson process was renamed to xerography, a term meaning "dry writing."
BornFebruary 8, 1906, Seattle, Washington, United States
DiedSeptember 19, 1968, New York City, United States
ResidenceNew York City, New York, Rochester, New York
CitizenshipUnited States
FieldsElectrophotography / Xerography
InstitutionsBell Labs, Battelle Memorial Institute, Xerox
Alma materSan Bernardino High School, Riverside Junior College, California Institute of Technology, New York Law School
Known forInvention of xerography

About Chester Carlson

Entrepreneur Chester Carlson was born on February 8, 1906 in Washington, United States (He dies at the age of 62, on September 19, 1968).

The first copy machine was designed by a patent lawyer who was bored of redrawing drawings and retyping documents by hand.

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Chester Carlson before becoming famous

Chester Carlson was born in the Zodiac sign Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), and 1906 is also the year of Horse (馬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

Because of his nearsightedness and arthritis, creating copies for reports was a difficult task, so he devised an innovative approach to replicate them using an electric photography process.

Achievement of Chester Carlson

With his innovation, he approached IBM and the Army Signal Corps, but both turned him down. The Haloid firm, subsequently renamed Xerox, required eight years to locate an investor.

Chester Carlson's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

His father, a man with minimal formal education but a rapid learner, raised him in Seattle, Washington.

Chester Carlson Collabed with

Both he and Religious Leader John Harvard, the university's financier, were featured on the Great Americans postage stamp series.

John Harvard (1607 - 1638) (Religious Leader)
John Harvard (1607 - 1638)

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Chester Carlson Income & Net worth

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Chester Carlson Height and Weight

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Latest information about Chester Carlson updated on March 15 2023.