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Edwin H. Land

Acting

Born May 7, 1909 · Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

Died March 1, 1991

Awards & recognition

  • National Medal of Technology and Innovation · 1988
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society · 1986
  • Harold Pender Award · 1979
  • Harvey Prize · 1979
  • SPIE Gold Medal · 1979
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  • National Inventors Hall of Fame · 1977
  • Perkin Medal · 1974
  • Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award · 1971
  • Frederic Ives Medal · 1967
  • National Medal of Science · 1967
  • IRI Medal · 1965
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom · 1963
  • William Procter PrizeScientific Achievement · 1963
  • Howard N. Potts Medal · 1956
  • Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize · 1949
  • Holley Medal · 1948
  • Rumford Prize · 1945
  • Elliott Cresson Medal · 1938
  • John Scott Award · 1938
  • Nobel Prize in Physics · 1954 · nominated

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