Ives, Herbert Eugene, 1882-1953

Variant names

Dates:

Birth 1882-07-21

Death 1953-11-13

Biographical notes:

Biographical Notes

Frederic Eugene Ives

1856, Feb. 17 Born, Litchfield, Conn. 1866 Moved to Norfolk, Conn. 1868 Ended formal schooling 1868 1870 Served apprenticeship on Litchfield Enquirer 1874 1878 Directed photographic laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. 1879 Married Mary Elizabeth Olmstead (died 1904) Employed by Crosscup and West, a photographic company in Philadelphia, Pa. 1885 Invented the half-tone system of developing photographic negatives 1890 Invented Kronshop, a system of color photography 1903 Invented short-tube microscope 1912 Invented Tripak, a color camera 1913 Married Margaret Campbell Cutting 1928 Published Autobiography of an Amateur Inventor. Privately printed 1937, May 27 Died, Philadelphia, Pa.

Herbert Eugene Ives

1882, July 31 Born, Philadelphia, Pa. 1892 Attended University College School, London, England 1897 1898 Attended Laurence Sheriff School, Rugby, England 1898 1901 Worked for Ives-Kronshop Co. Philadelphia, Pa. 1899 1900 Attended Franklin Institute Night School of Mathematics, Philadelphia, Pa. 1901 1905 Attended University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. 1905 1908 Attended Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, Md. 1908 Married Mabel Lorenz 1908 1909 Worked for National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 1910 1912 Worked for National Electric Lamp Association Research Laboratory, Cleveland, Ohio 1912 1918 Worked for United Gas Improvement Company, Philadelphia, Pa. 1918 1919 Captain, United States Army Air Service 1919 1948 Worked for Bell Telephone Laboratories 1920 Published Airplane Photography 1924 Helped perfect a workable system of transmitting pictures over telephone lines 1927 Directed first practical demonstration of television over substantial distances 1953, Nov. 3 Died, New York, N. Y.

From the guide to the Frederic Eugene Ives and Herbert Eugene Ives Papers, 1869-1957, (bulk 1900-1952), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)