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George Eastman (July 12, 1854 - March 14, 1932) founded Eastman Kodak and invented roll film, which brought photography to the common man. The roll film was also the basis for the invention of the motion picture film, used by early filmmakers Thomas Edison, the Lumiere Brothers, and George Melies.
On September 4, 1888 Eastman registered the trademark Kodak, and received a patent for his camera which used roll film.
Eastman founded the Eastman School of Music, and chose the American composer Howard Hanson to be its first director.
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The Eastman Kodak Company, founded in 1892, was one of the first firms in America to establish a plant for large-scale production of a standardized product and to maintain a fine chemical laboratory; its progressive welfare program included a profit-sharing plan.
SNAP Students celebrates anniversary April 1 at George Eastman House.
EASTMAN KODAK: George Douaire joins Kodak as General Ma Manager, Internet Marketing.
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 Eastman, George - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
He invented a dry-plate process and established (1880) a factory at Rochester, N.Y., for making the plates; he devised a roll film and the Kodak camera (1888) to use it, as well as a process for color photography (1928).
Eastman's philanthropies were estimated at over $100 million: the principal recipients were the Univ. of Rochester and the Eastman School of Music, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tuskegee and Hampton institutes, Rochester Dental Dispensary, and dental clinics in several European capitals.
In 1932 after a long illness Eastman committed suicide.
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