Chester Floyd Carlson | |
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| Born | February 8, 1906 Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Died | September 19, 1968 (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 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrophotography / Xerography |
| Institutions | Bell Labs Battelle Memorial Institute Xerox |
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.