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Chester Carlson was an American physicist, inventor, patent attorney, and businessperson. Born in Seattle in 1906, he was educated at the California Institute of Technology and New York Law School. He worked as an employee at Bell Labs and was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Carlson received the Holley Medal for his work in physics. His archives are held at the New York Public Library Main Branch. He is recognized in the National Inventors Hall of Fame collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. Carlson died of a myocardial infarction in New York City in 1968.
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Key facts
- 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
- Alma mater
- San Bernardino High School , Riverside Junior College , California Institute of Technology , New York Law School
- Known for
- Invention of xerography
- Fields
- Electrophotography / Xerography
- Institutions
- Bell Labs , Battelle Memorial Institute , Xerox
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Seattle
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- businessperson
- Employer
- Bell Labs
- Award
- Holley Medal
- Field of work
- physics
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- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1906-02-08
- date of death
- 1968-09-19
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Chester Carlson
- Commons category
- Chester Carlson
- archives at
- New York Public Library Main Branch
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Encyclopedic overview
Chester Floyd Carlson (February 8, 1906 – September 19, 1968) was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington.
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.
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