George Eastman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George Eastman

American entrepreneur, inventor and photographer

Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1854

Place of Birth: Waterville, New York, United States

Date of Death: 14-Mar-1932

Profession: photographer, entrepreneur, inventor, philanthropist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About George Eastman

  • George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream.
  • Roll film was also the basis for the invention of motion picture film stock in 1888 by the world's first filmmakers Eadweard Muybridge and Louis Le Prince, and a few years later by their followers Léon Bouly, William Kennedy Dickson, Thomas Edison, the Lumière Brothers, and Georges Méliès. He was a major philanthropist, establishing the Eastman School of Music, and schools of dentistry and medicine at the University of Rochester and in London Eastman Dental Hospital; contributing to the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and the construction of several buildings at the second campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on the Charles River.
  • In addition, he made major donations to Tuskegee University and Hampton University, historically black universities in the South.
  • With interests in improving health, he provided funds for clinics in London and other European cities to serve low-income residents. In his final two years, Eastman was in intense pain caused by a disorder affecting his spine.
  • On March 14, 1932, Eastman shot himself in the heart, leaving a note which read, "To my friends: my work is done.
  • Why wait?"The George Eastman Museum has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
  • Eastman is the only person represented by two stars in the Hollywood Walk of Fame recognizing the same achievement, for his invention of roll film.

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