Elkan Blout
Elkan Blout · Science & Medicine
Chemist of polypeptides and instant color photography at Polaroid; National Medal of Science (1990)
1919, New York City, United States — 2006
United States
Elkan Blout is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Chemist of polypeptides and instant color photography at Polaroid; National Medal of Science (1990)
Blout was a chemist who led the Polaroid team that developed the color chemistry behind the company's instant film, creating new photographic dyes and developers, and who did pioneering research on protein conformation and polypeptides at Harvard. He received the National Medal of Science in 1990. He is listed among Jewish American scientists; standard biographies emphasize his scientific career and do not detail his religious background.
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Chemist of polypeptides and instant color photography at Polaroid; National Medal of Science (1990)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the US National Medal of Science
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