Doc Edgerton

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_Nebraska-Lincoln
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Howard_N._Potts_Medal
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Rumford_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1903-04-06
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Fremont,_Nebraska,_USA
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Jacques_Cousteau
gptkb:Gjon_Mili
gptkb:Berenice_Abbott
gptkbp:deathDate 1990-01-04
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Vannevar_Bush
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:fieldOfWork electrical engineering
oceanography
photography
gptkbp:founder gptkb:EG&G
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Harold_Eugene_Edgerton
gptkbp:hasPatent US Patent 2,146,479 (Flash tube)
US Patent 2,230,408 (Stroboscopic apparatus)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Doc Edgerton
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Gjon_Mili
gptkb:Berenice_Abbott
gptkbp:inventedBy side-scan sonar
deep-sea camera
electronic flash
stroboscope
underwater camera for Cousteau
gptkbp:knownFor development of the electronic flash
high-speed photography
stroboscopic photography
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Papa_Flash
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Bullet_through_Apple_photograph
gptkb:Milk_Drop_Coronet_photograph
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:photographer
gptkb:professor
gptkbp:photographed athletes in motion
bullet piercing a card
golf swing
hummingbird in flight
milk drop coronet
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Mount_Auburn_Cemetery
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Esther_May_Garrett
gptkbp:studentOf gptkb:Arthur_Kennelly
gptkbp:taughtAt gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
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