Harold Eugene Edgerton

1903–1990 (age 87)

electrical engineer and photographer

Biography

Harold Eugene Edgerton's stroboscopic innovations let people see motion once hidden to the naked eye, blending electrical engineering with a poetic eye for dramatic detail.

His work at MIT and beyond celebrated the unexpected beauty of everyday phenomena, and he is interred at Mount Auburn Cemetery among peers who admired his vision.

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