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Edwin H. Land

1909 - 1991

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Edwin Herbert Land, ForMemRS, FRPS, Hon.MRI (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 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edwin H. Land is the 687th most popular physicist (down from 505th in 2019), the 7,922nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,022nd in 2019) and the 148th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Edwin H. Land ranks 687 out of 851. Before him are Gregory Breit, Alfred Kleiner, Paul Peter Ewald, Aleksandr Andronov, Bert Bolin, and Sulamith Goldhaber. After him are John Iliopoulos, Nicholas Kurti, Bengt Edlén, Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert, Nikolay Umov, and Michael Fisher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Edwin H. Land ranks 315. Before him are Marianne Hoppe, Luigi Marchisio, Robert Douglas, Stephen Spender, Valerio Perentin, and Durgabai Deshmukh. After him are Anna Świrszczyńska, Chester Himes, Eduardo Astengo, Jean Batten, René Schick, and Johnny Mercer. Among people deceased in 1991, Edwin H. Land ranks 199. Before him are Keye Luke, Yulia Drunina, Sylvio Hoffmann, Carl-Erik Holmberg, Alberto Crespo, and John King Fairbank. After him are Nikola Radović, Adãozinho, Gustav Schäfer, Fiorenzo Marini, David Marshall Lang, and Giacomo Mari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edwin H. Land ranks 7,924 out of 20,380. Before him are Brendan O'Brien (1960), John King Fairbank (1907), Henry Darrow (1933), George Winston (1949), Gilda Radner (1946), and Jimmy Buffett (1946). After him are David Crane (1957), Koko Taylor (1928), Wendie Malick (1950), Matthew Cowles (1944), Krysten Ritter (1981), and Sereno Watson (1826).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Edwin H. Land ranks 148. Before him are Brian Greene (1963), Seth Neddermeyer (1907), Edith Clarke (1883), Alvin M. Weinberg (1915), Norris Bradbury (1909), and Lisa Randall (1962). After him are Leo Kadanoff (1937), John C. Slater (1900), Frederick Seitz (1911), Sarah Frances Whiting (1847), William D. Coolidge (1873), and Harold Agnew (1921).

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