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Edwin H. Land
Edwin Herbert Land
American scientist and inventor (1909–1991).
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Statements about
Edwin H. Land
Place of Burial
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Member Of
Royal Society
(1986 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Start Time
:
1986
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society
(1957 - )
Start Time
:
1957
National Academy of Sciences
(1953 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Start Time
:
1953
Place of Birth
Bridgeport
Place of Death
Cambridge
Country of Citizenship
United States
Date of Death
3/1/1991
Date of Birth
5/7/1909
Instance Of
Human
Occupation
Inventor
Entrepreneur
Physicist
Photographer
Award Received
19 items
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
(1988)
Award Rationale
:
For the invention, development and marketing of instant photography.
Point in Time
:
1988
Presidential Medal of Freedom
(1963)
Conferred By
:
Lyndon B. Johnson
Point in Time
:
1963
Frederic Ives Medal
(1967)
Point in Time
:
1967
Elliott Cresson Medal
(1938)
Point in Time
:
1938
William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement
(1963)
Point in Time
:
1963
Harold Pender Award
(1979)
Point in Time
:
1979
SPIE Gold Medal
(1979)
Point in Time
:
1979
Perkin Medal
(1974)
Point in Time
:
1974
Howard N. Potts Medal
(1956)
Point in Time
:
1956
National Medal of Science
(1967)
Point in Time
:
1967
Rumford Prize
(1945)
Point in Time
:
1945
National Inventors Hall of Fame
(1977)
Point in Time
:
1977
Holley Medal
(1948)
Point in Time
:
1948
Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award
(1971)
Point in Time
:
1971
IRI Medal
(1965)
Point in Time
:
1965
Harvey Prize
(1979)
Point in Time
:
1979
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
(6/26/1986)
Point in Time
:
6/26/1986
Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize
(1949)
Point in Time
:
1949
John Scott Award
(1938)
Point in Time
:
1938
Given Name
Edwin
Series Ordinal
:
1
Herbert
Series Ordinal
:
2
Nominated For
Nobel Prize in Physics
(1954)
Point in Time
:
1954
Field of Work
Optics
Educated At
Harvard University
Norwich Free Academy
Sex or Gender
Male
Has Works in the Collection
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
Residence
Professorship
Professor
Name in Native Language
Edwin Herbert Land
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Family Name
Land
Brattle Street
(1960s)
Sourcing Circumstances
:
Circa
Point in Time
:
1960s
Crystal Optics
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