As per our current Database, Edwin H. Land has been died on Mar 1, 1991 (age 81).
When Edwin H. Land die, Edwin H. Land was 81 years old.
| Popular As | Edwin H. Land |
| Occupation | |
| Age | 81 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 7, 1909 (Bridgeport, CT) |
| Birthday | May 7 |
| Town/City | Bridgeport, CT |
| Nationality | CT |
Edwin H. Land’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Edwin H. Land was born in the Year of the Rooster. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rooster are practical, resourceful, observant, analytical, straightforward, trusting, honest, perfectionists, neat and conservative. Compatible with Ox or Snake.
CO-founder of the Polaroid corporation who invented inexpensive filters for cameras. He also helped develop dark-adaptation goggles, target finders, the first passively guided smart bombs for the US Army during World War II.
He briefly attended Harvard University but soon left the prestigious university to move to New York City, where he began working on filters that were capable of polarizing light.
The Polaroid instant camera, which he developed and which went on sale in late 1948, made it possible for a picture to be taken and developed in 60 seconds or less.
His father operated a scrap metal yard.
He helped launch the careers of artists who utilized Polaroid cameras such as Andy Warhol.
