Edward Gordon Perry Jr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Edward Gordon Perry Jr

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


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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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