| Full Name |
Harold Eugene Edgerton |
| Date of Birth |
6 April 1903 |
| Place of Birth |
Fremont, Nebraska, USA |
| Date of Death |
4 January 1990 |
| Place of Death |
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA |
| Citizenship / Country of Residence |
American / United States |
| Education |
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (B.S. in Electrical Engineering), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S., Sc.D. in Electrical Engineering) |
| Profession |
Electrical engineer, scientist, professor, inventor, photographer |
| Years of Activity |
1920s - 1980s |
| Brief Information |
Harold Edgerton was an American electrical engineer and professor at MIT, renowned for his pioneering work in high-speed photography. He developed strobe lights and techniques that allowed freezing motion at incredibly fast speeds, revealing phenomena previously invisible to the human eye. His innovations revolutionized scientific research, industrial imaging, and artistic photography. |