Frederic Eugene Ives, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederic Eugene Ives

American inventor

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1856

Place of Birth: Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 27-May-1937

Profession: photographer, physicist, inventor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Frederic Eugene Ives (February 17, 1856 – May 27, 1937) was a U.S.
inventor, born at Litchfield, Connecticut.
In 1874–78 he had charge of the photographic laboratory at Cornell University.
He moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where in 1885 he was one of the founding members of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia.
He was awarded the Franklin Institute's Elliott Cresson Medal in 1893, the Edward Longstreth Medal in 1903, and the John Scott Medal in 1887, 1890, 1904 and 1906.
His son Herbert E.
Ives was a pioneer of television and telephotography, including color facsimile.