Edward Gordon Perry Jr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American inventor and businessman
Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1912
Place of Birth: El Paso, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 14-Mar-2013
Profession: engineer
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Edward Gordon Perry Jr
- Edward "Gordon" Perry Jr.
- (September 29, 1912 – March 14, 2013) was an American inventor and businessman who served as chief research engineer for Texas Instruments.
- He was also a co-founder of Recognition Equipment, Inc, (REI).
- He is best known for inventing the first commercially viable Retina Character Reader (today known as the optical scanner or OCR).
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