Birth Name: Chester Carlson
Occupation: Entrepreneur
Place Of Birth: Washington
Date Of Birth: February 8, 1906
Date Of Death: N/A
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Chester Carlson was born on the 8th of February, 1906. He was known for being a Entrepreneur. Patent lawyer who tired of redrawing schematics and re-typing documents by hand and invented the very first copy machine.
Chester Carlson was born in Washington. 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. 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.
Chester Carlson was a Aquarius and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Chester Carlson was born in 1900s. Discover what happened on this day.
Chester Carlson is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
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Family
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Personal Life
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Chester Carlson was born in the Year of the Horse.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Chester Carlson |
| NICKNAME: | Chester |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Aquarius |
| BIRTH DAY: | Thursday |
| DEATH DAY: | N/A |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Chester Carlson was a Aquarius. People of this zodiac sign like to have fun with friends, help others, fight for causes, are a good listener and dislike broken promises, being bored, and people who disagree with them. The strengths of this sign are being independent, original, while the weaknesses can be running from emotional expression, temperamental and uncompromising. The greatest overall compatibility with Aquarius is Leo and Sagittarius.
Chinese Zodiac: Chester Carlson was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are seen as warm-hearted and easygoing. Independence is one of their greatest strengths, but sometimes they're overly frank with others.
Ruling Planet: Chester Carlson had a ruling planet of Uranus and has a ruling planet of Uranus. Back the early 2,000 B.C. the outer planets, Neptune and Pluto, were not yet discovered, since the telescope had not yet been invented. Astrologers and astronomers could only work with planets visible to the eye.
Chester Carlson’s birth sign is Aquarius and he had a ruling planet of Uranus.
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