Harold Eugene Edgerton | |
|---|---|
 Edgerton in 1963 | |
| Born | April 6, 1903 |
| Died | January 4, 1990 (aged 86) Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater | University of Nebraska-Lincoln (BS, Electrical Engineering, 1925) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS, Electrical Engineering, 1927; ScD, Electrical Engineering, 1931) |
| Known for | Stroboscope |
| Awards | SPIE Gold Medal (1981) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Engineering/photography |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton (April 6, 1903 – January 4, 1990), also known as Papa Flash, was an American scientist and researcher, a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] He is largely credited with transforming the stroboscope from an obscure laboratory instrument into a common device. He also was deeply involved with the development of sonar and deep-sea photography, and his equipment was used in collaboration with Jacques Cousteau in searches for shipwrecks and even the Loch Ness Monster.[2]
- ^ Gray, Paul E. (April 1991). "Obituary: Harold E. Edgerton". Physics Today. 44 (4): 126–128. doi:10.1063/1.2810095.
- ^ "Project History: Harold Edgerton and Side-Scan Sonar". web.mit.edu. Archived from the original on May 23, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2014.