George Eastman

Born

July 12, 1854

Died

March 14, 1932 (aged 77)

Known as

entrepreneur, inventor, photographer, philanthropist, patron of the arts

George Eastman was an American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. After a decade of experiments in photography, he patented and sold a roll film camera, making amateur photography accessible to the general public for the first time. Working as the treasurer and later president of Kodak, he oversaw the expansion of the company and the film industry.

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