Chester Carlson
8 February 1906 – 19 September 1968
Chester Carlson was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney best known for inventing electrophotography, the process later called xerography. His invention became the basis of the photocopier industry and the Xerox Corporation.
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Life events
Chester Carlson was born in Seattle to a family of modest means.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe earned a degree in physics from the California Institute of Technology.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe held jobs including at the patent department of the electronics firm P.R. Mallory.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgIn his makeshift lab in Astoria, Queens, he produced the first electrophotographic copy reading '10-22-38 Astoria'.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe was granted a patent for his electrophotographic copying process.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe Haloid Company, later Xerox, licensed his process, coining the term xerography.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe first commercially successful plain-paper copier based on his invention was released, making him wealthy.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCarlson died of a heart attack in a Manhattan theater.
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