Stephen Benton

Stephen A. Benton ( born December 1, 1941 in San Francisco; † 9 November 2003 in Massachusetts ) was an American physicist. He grew up in Santa Barbara, California. His interest in optics and 3D techniques awoke at the age of 11 years, for the first time as he sat 3D glasses and the movie "The House of Wax " at her.

He got his degree BS (Bachelor of Science) in 1963 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT ) as an electronics engineer and worked with the stroboscope pioneer Harold "Doc" Edgerton in "Strobe Lab". In 1964 he received the M. S. (Master of Science) in engineering, and in 1968 the title of Ph.D. ( Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Physics ) from Harvard University.

Benton developed in 1968, the technology for the production of white light rainbow holograms, which for the first time enabled the mass production of embossed holograms. The rainbow hologram is referred to thus as " Benton hologram ".

Benton was until 1973 a lecturer at Harvard University, he worked until 1982 at the Polaroid Corp.. in Edwin Land's "Vision Research Laboratory ".

In 1982 he founded the Spatial Imaging Group and in 1984 the Media Lab at MIT. He is co-founder of the MIT program, the " Media Arts & Science 'between 1987 and 1994. He was a board member of the Museum of Holography in New York, and in 1990 the board of the International Society of Optical Engineering ( SPIE ).

He became director of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies ( CAVS ) at MIT in 1996. He was Vice- President of the Society for Imaging Science & Technology 1999.

Benton called holography once as a true interdisciplinary section of art, science and technology and is regarded as one of the leading pioneers of holography. Stephen A. Benton died on 9 November 2003 at Massachusetts General Hospital at the age of 61 years.

• Physicist ( 20th century)
• University teachers (Harvard University)
• University teachers (MIT)
• Americans
• Born in 1941
• Died in 2003
• Man