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Sidney Cotton

Australian inventor

Died when: 74 years 241 days (895 months)
Star Sign: Gemini

 

Sidney Cotton

Frederick Sidney Cotton OBE (17 June 1894 – 13 February 1969) was an Australian inventor, photographer and aviation and photography pioneer, responsible for developing and promoting an early colour film process, and largely responsible for the development of photographic reconnaissance before and during World War II.

He numbered among his close friends George Eastman, Ian Fleming and Winston Churchill.

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