Editing Doc Edgerton (section)

===Education===
[[File:May Rogers Webster Bulletin.jpg|thumb|A 1936 picture of [[May Rogers Webster]] with [[hummingbird]]s]]
In 1925 Edgerton received a bachelor's degree in [[electrical engineering]] from the [[University of Nebraska-Lincoln]] where he became a member of [[Acacia Fraternity|Acacia fraternity]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Acacia Fraternity: Notable Acacians|author=Acacia Fraternity|url=http://www.acacia.org/about_notables.php|access-date=30 October 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204223942/http://www.acacia.org/about_notables.php|archive-date=February 4, 2012}}</ref> He earned an [[Master of Science|SM]] in electrical engineering from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] in 1927.  Edgerton used stroboscopes to study [[synchronous motor]]s for his [[Doctor of Science|ScD]] thesis in electrical engineering at MIT, awarded in 1931. He credited [[Charles Stark Draper]] with inspiring him to photograph everyday objects using electronic flash; the first was a stream of water from a faucet.

In 1936 Edgerton visited hummingbird expert [[May Rogers Webster]]. He was able to illustrate with her help that it was possible to take photographs of the birds beating their wings 60 times a second using an exposure of one hundred thousandth of a second. A picture of her with the birds flying around her appeared in [[National Geographic]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://webmuseum.mit.edu/detail.php?module=objects&type=browse&id=5&term=Edgerton,+Harold&kv=96476&record=142&page=3|title=MIT Museum|website=webmuseum.mit.edu}}</ref>