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Chester Carlson

1906 - 1968

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Chester Floyd Carlson (February 8, 1906 – September 19, 1968) was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington. Carlson invented electrophotography (now xerography, meaning "dry writing"), producing a dry copy in contrast to the wet copies then produced by the Photostat process; it is now used by millions of photocopiers worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chester Carlson is the 452nd most popular physicist (down from 400th in 2019), the 3,591st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,615th in 2019) and the 98th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Chester Carlson ranks 452 out of 851. Before him are Douglas Hofstadter, Frank Oppenheimer, Katharine Burr Blodgett, Ferenc Krausz, Richard C. Tolman, and Albert W. Hull. After him are Henri Tresca, Leonard Susskind, Anatole Abragam, Rudolf Peierls, Erich Hückel, and Marie Alfred Cornu.

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Among people born in 1906, Chester Carlson ranks 135. Before him are Mary Astor, Alexander Gode, Ladislao Vajda, Berthold, Margrave of Baden, Anton Karas, and Lilian Harvey. After him are Antal Doráti, Eraldo Monzeglio, Eddie Albert, Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Edward Ochab, and José Della Torre. Among people deceased in 1968, Chester Carlson ranks 95. Before him are Tian Han, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Ryszard Siwiec, Lilian Harvey, Ildebrando Pizzetti, and Wes Montgomery. After him are Duke Kahanamoku, Randolph Churchill, Rezső Seress, Toivo Mikael Kivimäki, Hans Cramer, and Walter Tewksbury.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chester Carlson ranks 3,591 out of 20,380. Before him are Caesar Augustus Rodney (1772), Alvin Hansen (1887), Albert W. Hull (1880), Barbara Hendricks (1948), Freddie King (1934), and Wes Montgomery (1923). After him are Fred Rogers (1928), Eric Carmen (1949), Rhea Perlman (1948), Octavia Spencer (1972), Andy Williams (1927), and Annie Oakley (1860).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Chester Carlson ranks 98. Before him are Howard P. Robertson (1903), Douglas Hofstadter (1945), Frank Oppenheimer (1912), Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898), Richard C. Tolman (1881), and Albert W. Hull (1880). After him are Leonard Susskind (1940), Clarence Zener (1905), Mildred Dresselhaus (1930), Alan Sokal (1955), Robert Brout (1928), and Theodore Hall (1925).

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