Edwin H. Land

Edwin H. Land
Edwin H. Land
	Land presenting the Polavision home movie system, 1977
Born	Edwin Herbert Land; May 7, 1909; Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Died	March 1, 1991 (aged 81); Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Other names	Dr. Land, Din (close friends)
Known for	Polarizing film; Land instant camera;
Spouse	Helen Terre Maislen (m. 1929; 2 children)
Awards	Presidential Medal of Freedom (1963); IRI Medal (1965); Perkin Medal (1974); Harold Pender Award (1979); National Medal of Technology (1988); Fellow of the Royal Society;
	Scientific career
Fields	Optics, polarization, color vision

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.

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