Harold E. Edgerton

(1903-1990) born in Fremont, lived in Aurora, Hamilton County. Electrical engineer, inventor of stroboscopic light, inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame, elected to National Academy of Sciences, elected to National Academy of Engineering; recipient of 1973 National Medal of Science. Consult American National Biography, Vol 7 (1999) 306-307.

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