| LC control no. | n 80156382 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Land, Edwin H., 1909-1991 |
| Variant(s) | Land, Edwin Herbert, 1909-1991 Land, Edwin, 1909-1991 |
| See also | Founded corporate body: Polaroid Corporation Founded corporate body: Land-Wheelwright Laboratories |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1909-05-07 |
| Death date | 1991-03-01 |
| Affiliation | Polaroid Corporation Land-Wheelwright Laboratories |
| Profession or occupation | Inventors Engineers Scientists |
| Found in | Haight, G. I. Promotion of science, 1945 McPartland, S. Edwin Land, 1993: CIP title page (Edwin Land) Insisting on the impossible, c1998: page [xiii] (born 7 May 1909 in Bridgeport, Conn.) page xvi (died 1 March 1991) Fierstein, Ronald K. A triumph of genius: Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak patent war, 2015. English language Wikipedia website, March 4, 2015 (Edwin H. Land; Edwin Herbert Land (May 7, 1909-March 1, 1991) 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 his retinex theory of color vision; his Polaroid instant camera, which went on sale in late 1948, made it possible for a picture to be taken and developed in 60 seconds or less) OCLC database, March 4, 2015 (usage: Edwin H. Land; Edwin Land) |
| Associated language | eng |
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