Edwin Land

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Edwin_Land

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:award	gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science gptkb:Perkin_Medal gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom gptkb:Rumford_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate	1909-05-07
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Bridgeport,_Connecticut,_USA
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Jennifer_Land gptkb:Valerie_Land
gptkbp:deathDate	1991-03-01
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:field	gptkb:optics photography physics
gptkbp:founded	gptkb:Polaroid_Corporation
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Edwin_Herbert_Land
gptkbp:honoraryDegree	gptkb:Brandeis_University gptkb:Columbia_University gptkb:Harvard_University gptkb:Tufts_University gptkb:University_of_Cambridge gptkb:Yale_University
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Edwin Land
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Steve_Jobs
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Polaroid_Corporation instant photography polarizing filter
gptkbp:leftHarvard	did not graduate
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableInvention	gptkb:Polaroid_film gptkb:Polaroid_instant_camera sheet polarizer
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Polaroid_600 gptkb:Polaroid_Land_Camera gptkb:Polaroid_Model_95 gptkb:Polaroid_SX-70 gptkb:Polaroid_film gptkb:Retinex_theory
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:inventor gptkb:scientist businessman
gptkbp:patent	over 500
gptkbp:restingPlace	gptkb:Mount_Auburn_Cemetery
gptkbp:spouse	Helen Terre Maislen
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:John_Scott_Medal
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4