Editing Edwin H. Land (section)

==Honors==
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* 1935 [[Hood Medal]] of the [[Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Hood Medal|url=http://www.rps.org/awards/awards-categories/hood-medal|website=rps.org|publisher=The Royal Photographic Society|access-date=11 October 2014|archive-date=17 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017003242/http://www.rps.org/awards/awards-categories/hood-medal|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1938 [[Elliott Cresson Medal]], [[Franklin Institute]] of Philadelphia<ref name="mcelheny" />{{Rp|72}}
* 1940 [[National Modern Pioneer Award]], [[National Association of Manufacturers]]
* 1943 elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edwin Herbert Land |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/edwin-herbert-land |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref>
* 1945 [[Rumford Medal]], [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Brody|first1=Seymour|title=American Jewish Inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame|url=http://www.fau.edu/library/inventors_hf12.htm|website=fau.edu/|access-date=11 October 2014|date=12 December 2008}}</ref>
* 1948 [[Holley Medal]], [[American Society of Mechanical Engineers]]
* 1949 [[Duddell Medal and Prize|Duddell Medal]], [[Physical Society of London|Physical Society]] of Great Britain
* 1953 elected to the United States [[National Academy of Sciences]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edwin H. Land |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/53511.html |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref>
* 1956 [[The Franklin Institute Awards|Howard N. Potts Medal]]
* 1957 elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Edwin+Land&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>
* 1963 [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the highest award given to a [[United States|U.S.]] [[citizen]], for his work in optics.
* 1965 [[IRI Medal]] from the [[Industrial Research Institute]]
* 1966 [[Michelson–Morley Award|Albert A. Michelson Award]] from the [[Case Institute of Technology]]
* 1967 [http://www.osa.org/en-us/awards_and_grants/awards/award_description/ivesquinn/ Frederic Ives Medal] by the [[Optical Society of America]].
* 1967 [[National Medal of Science]]
* 1967 The Cultural Award from the [[German Society for Photography]] (DGPh), with [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]]<ref name="dgph">"[http://www.dgph.de/english/the-cultural-award-of-the-deutsche-gesellschaft-fuer-photographie The Cultural Award of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh)]". Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie e.V.. Accessed 7 March 2017.</ref>
* 1972 [[Founders Medal]], [[National Academy of Engineering]]
* 1972 Elected an Honorary Member of [[Optica (society)|The Optical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edwin H. Land {{!}} Optica |url=https://www.optica.org/History/Biographies/bios/Edwin-H--Land |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.optica.org}}</ref>
* 1974 [[The Franklin Institute Awards|Vermilye Medal]]
* 1977 inducted into the [[National Inventors Hall of Fame]]
* 1988 [[National Medal of Technology]] for "the invention, development and marketing of instant photography".
* 1991 inducted into the [[International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum]]
* Although Land never received a formal degree, he received honorary degrees from [[Harvard University]], [[Yale University]], [[Columbia University]], [[Carnegie Mellon University]], [[Williams College|Willams College]], [[Tufts University|Tufts College]], [[Washington University in St. Louis]], [[Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn]], [[University of Massachusetts]], [[Brandeis University]] and many others.
* He held 535 [[patents]], compared with [[Thomas Edison]]'s 1,097 American patents.<ref name=Wensberg/>
* Land's development of instant photography was designated a [[National Historic Chemical Landmarks|National Historic Chemical Landmark]] by the [[American Chemical Society]] on August 13, 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Edwin Land and Instant Photography – American Chemical Society|url = http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/landmarks/land-instant-photography.html|access-date = 2015-08-19}}</ref>
* Land is referenced in the [[Lego]] set based on the Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Camera.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brickarchitect.com/2023/review-21345-lego-ideas-polaroid-onestep-sx70-camera/|title=Review: #21345 Polaroid OneStep SX-70 Camera (LEGO Ideas)|last=Van Der Hoeven|first=Koen|date=December 18, 2023|access-date=October 6, 2024|publisher=Brick Architect}}</ref>