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As per our current Database, Chester Carlson is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
🎂 Chester Carlson - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday
Currently, Chester Carlson is 118 years, 2 months and 15 days old. Chester Carlson will celebrate 119rd birthday on a Saturday 8th of February 2025. Below we countdown to Chester Carlson upcoming birthday.
| Popular As |
Chester Carlson |
| Occupation |
Entrepreneur |
| Age |
114 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
| Born |
February 8, 1906 (Washington) |
| Birthday |
February 8 |
| Town/City |
Washington |
| Nationality |
Washington |
🌙 Zodiac
Chester Carlson’s zodiac sign is Aquarius. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs
Chester Carlson was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
About
Patent lawyer who tired of redrawing schematics and re-typing documents by hand and invented the very first copy machine.
Before Fame
His nearsightedness and arthritis made the job of making copies for reports that much more arduous, and he created a novel way to reproduce them by a process called electric photography.
Trivia
He approached IBM and the Army Signal Corps with his invention with both turning him down. It took eight years to find an investor: the Haloid company, later renamed Xerox.
Family Life
He grew up in Seattle, Washington, his father a man of little formal education but considered a quick learner.
Associated With
He and John Harvard, financier of the Massachusetts-based university, were both on the Great Americans postage-stamp series.
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