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Edwin H. Land, American scientist and inventor, co-founded the Polaroid Corporation (died 1991)
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Edwin H. Land
American scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur (1909–1991)
Edwin Herbert Land, ForMemRS, FRPS, Hon.MRI 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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Polaroid Corporation
Defunct American film and camera company (1937–2002)
Polaroid Corporation was an American company that made instant film and cameras, which survives as a brand for consumer electronics. The company was founded in 1937 by Edwin H. Land, to exploit his Polaroid polarizing polymer. Land and Polaroid created the first instant camera,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)