Edwin H. Land

1909–1991 (age 82)

inventor and entrepreneur

Biography

Edwin H. Land combined a deep curiosity about light with an entrepreneur's drive, inventing instant photography and founding Polaroid to make vivid images available to people everywhere.

He championed bold experimentation, supported artists and scientists, and is remembered at Mount Auburn Cemetery as a brilliant innovator who never lost his sense of wonder.

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