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Chester Floyd Carlson

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Birthplace: Seattle, King, Washington, United States
Death: September 19, 1968 (62)
Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States (heart attack)
Place of Burial: Hartsdale, Westchester , New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Olaf Adolph Carlson and Ellen Josephine Carlson
Husband of Dorris Helen Carlson
Ex-husband of Elsa Carlson
Father of Private
Brother of Private

Occupation: physicist, inventor, and patent attorney, Patent attorney, Inventor of Xerography - XEROX, Inventor of xerography
Managed by: Patricia Ann Clark
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About Chester Carlson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Carlson

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Birth: Feb. 8, 1906 Seattle King County Washington, USA

Death: Sep. 19, 1968 New York New York County (Manhattan) New York, USA

He was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington. He is best known for having invented the process of electrophotography, which produced a dry copy rather than a wet copy, as was produced by the mimeograph process. Carlson's process was subsequently renamed to xerography, a term that literally means "dry writing."

Burial: Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum Hartsdale Westchester County New York, USA

Created by: K Record added: Jul 13, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 73263664



Birth: Feb. 8, 1906 Seattle King County Washington, USA

Death: Sep. 19, 1968 New York New York County (Manhattan) New York, USA

He was an American physicist, inventor, and patent attorney born in Seattle, Washington. He is best known for having invented the process of electrophotography, which produced a dry copy rather than a wet copy, as was produced by the mimeograph process. Carlson's process was subsequently renamed to xerography, a term that literally means "dry writing."

Burial: Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum Hartsdale Westchester County New York, USA

Find A Grave Memorial# 73263664

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Chester Carlson's Timeline

1906
February 8, 1906
Seattle, King, Washington, United States
1968
September 19, 1968
Age 62
Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States
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Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hartsdale, Westchester , New York, United States