Chester Carlson
20th-century American physicist and inventor (1906–1968) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chester Floyd Carlson (February 8, 1906 – September 19, 1968) was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington.
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Chester Floyd Carlson | |
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Born | (1906-02-08)February 8, 1906 Seattle, Washington, United States |
Died | September 19, 1968(1968-09-19) (aged 62) New York City, New York, United States |
Citizenship | United States of America |
Alma mater | San Bernardino High School Riverside Junior College California Institute of Technology New York Law School |
Known for | Invention of xerography |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Electrophotography / Xerography |
Institutions | Bell Labs Battelle Memorial Institute Xerox |
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Carlson invented electrophotography (now xerography, meaning "dry writing"), producing a dry copy in contrast to the wet copies then produced by the Photostat process; it is now used by millions of photocopiers worldwide.