Harold Edgerton
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 35 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 6,1903 |
| Zodiac sign | Aries |
| Born | Fremont |
| Nebraska | |
| United States | |
| Died | Cambridge |
| Massachusetts | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | January 4,1990 |
| Awards | National Medal of Technology and Innovation |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln | |
| Movies/Shows | Quicker'n a Wink |
| Nationality | American |
| Books | Stopping Time: The Photographs of Harold Edgerton |
| Electronic flash, strobe | |
| Flash! Seeing the Unseen by Ultra High-speed Photography | |
| Moments of Vision: The Stroboscopic Revolution in Photography | |
| Spouse | Esther Garret |
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| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 3862584 |
Harold Edgerton Life story
Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton, also known as Papa Flash, was an American scientist and researcher, a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is largely credited with transforming the stroboscope from an obscure laboratory instrument into a common device.