Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton (April 6, 1903 – January 4, 1990), also known as Papa Flash, was a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
She was born in Aurora, Nebraska on September 8, 1903 and died on March 9, 2002 in Charlestown, South Carolina.
His father was a lawyer, journalist, author and orator and served as the assistant attorney general of Nebraska from 1911 to 1915.
His father was a lawyer, journalist, author and orator and served as the assistant attorney general of Nebraska from 1911 to 1915.
He also spent some of his childhood years in Washington, D.C., and Lincoln, Nebraska. ===Education=== In 1925 Edgerton received a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he became a member of Acacia fraternity.
He earned an SM in electrical engineering from MIT in 1927.
One of the graduate student dormitories at MIT carries his name. In 1962, Edgerton appeared on I've Got a Secret, where he demonstrated strobe flash photography by shooting a bullet into a playing card and photographing the result. Edgerton's work was featured in an October 1987 National Geographic Magazine article entitled "Doc Edgerton: the man who made time stand still". ===Family=== After graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Edgerton married Esther May Garrett in 1928.
thesis in electrical engineering at MIT, awarded in 1931.
During their marriage they had three children: Mary Louise (April 21, 1931), William Eugene (8/9/1933), Robert Frank (5/10/1935).
He was awarded a bronze medal by the Royal Photographic Society in 1934, the Howard N.
In 1940, his high speed stroboscopic short film Quicker'n a Wink won an Oscar. Edgerton was appointed a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1934.
He credited Charles Stark Draper with inspiring him to photograph everyday objects using electronic flash; the first was a stream of water from a faucet. In 1936 Edgerton visited hummingbird expert May Rogers Webster.
A picture of her with the birds flying around her appeared in National Geographic. ===Career=== In 1937 Edgerton began a lifelong association with photographer Gjon Mili, who used stroboscopic equipment, in particular, multiple studio electronic flash units, to produce strikingly beautiful photographs, many of which appeared in Life Magazine.
In 1940, his high speed stroboscopic short film Quicker'n a Wink won an Oscar. Edgerton was appointed a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1934.
Potts Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1941, the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1966, the David Richardson Medal by the Optical Society of America in 1968, the Albert A.
The company name "Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier" was changed to EG&G in 1947.
In 1956, Edgerton was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
One of the graduate student dormitories at MIT carries his name. In 1962, Edgerton appeared on I've Got a Secret, where he demonstrated strobe flash photography by shooting a bullet into a playing card and photographing the result. Edgerton's work was featured in an October 1987 National Geographic Magazine article entitled "Doc Edgerton: the man who made time stand still". ===Family=== After graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Edgerton married Esther May Garrett in 1928.
Potts Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1941, the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1966, the David Richardson Medal by the Optical Society of America in 1968, the Albert A.
Potts Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1941, the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 1966, the David Richardson Medal by the Optical Society of America in 1968, the Albert A.
Michelson Medal from the same Franklin Institute in 1969, and the National Medal of Science in 1973. Edgerton partnered with Kenneth J.
Michelson Medal from the same Franklin Institute in 1969, and the National Medal of Science in 1973. Edgerton partnered with Kenneth J.
In 1974 Doc Edgerton worked with Paul Kronfield in Greece on a sonar search for the lost city of Helike, believed to be the basis for the legend of Atlantis. Edgerton co-founded EG&G, Inc., which manufactured advanced electronic equipment including side-scan sonars, subbottom profiling equipment.
Harold Edgerton, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, January 1976; then toured to The Photographers' Gallery, London; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle University; Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham; Modern Art Oxford; and Arnolfini, Bristol.
His last undergraduate class, taught during fall semester 1977, was a freshman seminar titled "Bird and Insect Photography".
One of the graduate student dormitories at MIT carries his name. In 1962, Edgerton appeared on I've Got a Secret, where he demonstrated strobe flash photography by shooting a bullet into a playing card and photographing the result. Edgerton's work was featured in an October 1987 National Geographic Magazine article entitled "Doc Edgerton: the man who made time stand still". ===Family=== After graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Edgerton married Esther May Garrett in 1928.
Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton (April 6, 1903 – January 4, 1990), also known as Papa Flash, was a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He died suddenly on January 4, 1990 at the MIT Faculty Club at the age of 86, and is buried in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts. ==Legacy== On July 3, 1990, in an effort to memorialize Edgerton's accomplishments, several community members in Aurora, Nebraska decided to construct a "Hands-On" science center.
Trust of George Eastman House ; Cambridge, Massachusetts : Distributed by MIT Press, 1994.
She was born in Aurora, Nebraska on September 8, 1903 and died on March 9, 2002 in Charlestown, South Carolina.
A repeat organised by Ikon Gallery of the previous exhibition. ==Collections== Edgerton's work is held in the following public collection: Museum of Modern Art, New York City: 29 prints (as of July 2018) International Photography Hall of Fame, St.Louis, MO ==See also== Air-gap flash ==References== ==Further reading== Bruce, Roger R.
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