Frederic Eugene Ives

Frederic Eugene Ives
An Ives Kromogram issued in 1897

Frederic Eugene Ives (February 17, 1856 – May 27, 1937) was a U.S. inventor who was born in Litchfield, Connecticut.[1] In 1874–78 he had charge of the photographic laboratory at Cornell University. He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where in 1885 he was one of the founding members of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia.[2] He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Elliott Cresson Medal in 1893, the Edward Longstreth Medal in 1903,[3] and the John Scott Medal in 1887, 1890, 1904 and 1906. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1922.[4] His son Herbert E. Ives was a pioneer of television and telephotography, including color facsimile.

  1. ^ "Ives, Frederic Eugene". The International Who's Who in the World. 1912. p. 634.
  2. ^ Photographic Society of Philadelphia[permanent dead link] official website.
  3. ^ "Franklin Laureate Database - Edward Longstreth Medal 1903 Laureates". Franklin Institute. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  4. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-09-06.