Harold Eugene Edgerton 1903 - 1990

occupation:
Engineer, Photographer, Scientist
Nationality:
American
born in:
Nebraska, United States

Scientist born Fremont, Nebraska in 1903; studied electrical engineering; pioneer of strobe photography; awarded bronze medal by Royal Photographic Society in 1934, the first of many such awards; co-founder of defence contractor EG & G in 1947 with Kenneth Germeshausen and Herbert Grier; developed high-speed Rapatronic camera and instrumental in development of side-scan sonar.