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{{short description|British physicist and founder of the Eastman Kodak's Research Laboratories}}
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'''Charles Edward Kenneth Mees''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]<ref name="frs">{{cite doi|10.1098/rsbm.1961.0014}}</ref> (May 26, 1882&ndash;August 15, 1960) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[scientist]] and [[Photography|photographic researcher]].
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'''Charles Edward Kenneth Mees''' [[Fellow of the Royal Society|FRS]]<ref name="frs">{{Cite journal | last1 = Clark | first1 = W. | doi = 10.1098/rsbm.1961.0014 | title = Charles Edward Kenneth Mees. 1882-1960 | journal = [[Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society]] | volume = 7 | pages = 172–197| year = 1961 | s2cid = 62540744 }}</ref> (26 May 1882 &ndash; 15 August 1960) was a British [[scientist]] and [[Photography|photographic researcher]].


==Early life and education==
==Biography==
He was born in [[Wellingborough]], [[England]], the son of a [[Methodism|Wesleyan]] [[Minister of religion|minister]], and attended the [[University of London]]. In 1906 he was awarded his [[D.Sc.]] with a dissertation on photographic theory. From 1906 until 1912 he worked for Wratten and Wainwright, Ltd., assisting [[Frederick Wratten]] in developing the first [[panchromatic]] photographic plates, as well as [[Filter (photography)|light filter]]s and safelights for the darkroom.
Mees was born in [[Wellingborough]], [[England]], the son of a [[Methodism|Wesleyan]] [[Minister of religion|minister]].


He attended the [[University of London]]. In 1906 he was awarded his [[D.Sc.]] with a dissertation on photographic theory.
In 1912 the [[Eastman Kodak]] company acquired Wratten and Wainwright because they were interested in the skills Mees provided. He moved to the United States and set up the Kodak Research Laboratories in [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[New York]], and become the first director. After the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], he became an American citizen so that he could have access to high security war projects and information.<ref>{{cite journal |work=Photoresearcher |issue=1–6 |year=1990 |publisher=European Society for the History of Photography |page=87 |quote=Mees then took up US citizenship to become more involved in activities concerning the evaluation and supply of equipment and materials.}}</ref> Later he was named vice president in charge of Research and Development for Eastman-Kodak, and remained at that position until he retired in 1955. He was awarded the [[Franklin Medal]] in 1954.


==Career==
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During his career he published 100 scientific papers and 60 other works. Among his accomplishments was the development of sensitive photographic emulsions for use in [[astronomy]].
From 1906 until 1912, Mees worked for Wratten and Wainwright, Ltd., assisting [[Frederick Wratten]] in developing the first [[panchromatic]] photographic plates, as well as [[Filter (photography)|light filter]]s and safelights for the darkroom.


In 1912, [[Eastman Kodak]] Company acquired Wratten and Wainwright because they were interested in the skills Mees provided. [[George Eastman]] convinced Mees to move to [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States, where Mees created the Kodak Research Laboratories,<ref name= PRer>{{cite journal |author= SFR |journal=Photoresearcher |issue= 2 |year= 1991 |publisher=European Society for the History of Photography |page=39| title= Book Reviews |url= http://www.eshph.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/pr_no_02.pdf | via= ESHPH.org}}</ref> becoming its first director.<ref>''Journey: 75 Years of Kodak Research'' (Eastman Kodak, Rochester, 1989) pp. 7-9.</ref>
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Mees served as the first president of the board of trustees of [[George Eastman House]] from 1947 until 1954.<ref name="GEH">{{Cite web|url=http://image.eastmanhouse.org/files/GEH_1961_10_01.pdf|title=Dr. C. E. Kenneth Mees|publisher=Image (The Bulletin of the George Eastman House)|accessdate=2010-12-12}}</ref>


Mees helped the US military in [[World War I]] in its instruction of photography.<ref name= PRer /> After the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], Mees became an American citizen so that he could have access to high security war projects and information during [[World War II]].<ref name= PRer />
There is a biography of Mees by Geoffrey Crawley in [http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk Amateur Photographer] 12 December 2009, p. 63.


Later, he was named vice president in charge of Research and Development for Eastman Kodak; he remained at that position until he retired in 1955.<ref name= PRer />
==Bibliography==


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During his career, he published 100 scientific papers and 60 other works. Among his accomplishments was the development of sensitive photographic emulsions for use in [[astronomy]].

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Mees served as the first president of the board of trustees of [[George Eastman House]] from 1947 until 1954.<ref name= "GEH">{{Cite web|url=http://image.eastmanhouse.org/files/GEH_1961_10_01.pdf |title=Dr. C. E. Kenneth Mees | work= Image |publisher= George Eastman House |via= eastmanhouse.org |access-date=2010-12-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110725164318/http://image.eastmanhouse.org/files/GEH_1961_10_01.pdf |archive-date= 2011-07-25 }}</ref>

He died suddenly in [[Honolulu]] in 1960.

==Personal life==
He married in 1909 Alice Crisp, and together they raised two children: Graham (1910) and Doris (1912). They were married for 45 years.<ref name="PRer" />

In 1951 he suffered a massive thrombosis in one leg and lost it to amputation. Despite that, he became adept at using an artificial limb and even managed to drive his own car.<ref name="PRer" />

==Selected works==
* C.E. Kenneth Mees, ''An Atlas of Absorption Spectra'', 1909.
* C.E. Kenneth Mees, ''An Atlas of Absorption Spectra'', 1909.
* C.E. Kenneth Mees, ''The Photography of Colored Objects'', 1909.
* C.E. Kenneth Mees, ''The Photography of Colored Objects'', 1909.
* C.E. Kenneth Mees, [[Frances Mary Hamer|F. M. Hamer]] and L. G. S. Brooker. ''Recent advances in sensitizers for the photography of the infrared''. J. Opt. Soc. Am., 23:216., 1933
* C.E. Kenneth Mees, ''Photography'', Macmillan Co., New York, 1942.
*C.E. Kenneth Mees, ''Photography'', Macmillan Co., New York, 1942.
* C.E. Kenneth Mees, ''[https://archive.org/details/TheTheoryOfThePhotographicProcess The Theory of the Photographic Process]'', Macmillan Co., New York, 1942.
* C.E. Kenneth Mees, ''[https://archive.org/details/TheTheoryOfThePhotographicProcess The Theory of the Photographic Process]'', Macmillan Co., New York, 1942.
* C.E. Kenneth Mees & S. Sheppard, ''Investigations on the Theory of the Photographic Process''.
* C.E. Kenneth Mees & S. Sheppard, ''Investigations on the Theory of the Photographic Process''.
* C.E. Kenneth Mees, ''The Path of Science'', J. Wiley & sons, inc., 1946.
* C.E. Kenneth Mees, ''The Path of Science'', J. Wiley & sons, inc., 1946.
* C.E. Kenneth Mees and John A. Leermakers, ''The Organization of Industrial Scientific Research'', McGraw-Hill, 1950.
* C.E. Kenneth Mees and John A. Leermakers, ''The Organization of Industrial Scientific Research'', McGraw-Hill, 1950.
* C.E. Kenneth Mees, ''From dry plates to ektachrome film : a story of photographic research'', Ziff-Davis Pub. Co., 1961.
* C.E. Kenneth Mees, ''From dry plates to Ektachrome film: a story of photographic research'', Ziff-Davis Pub. Co., 1961.


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
* Progress Medal, Royal Photographic Society, Great Britain.
* Progress Medal, Royal Photographic Society, Great Britain, 1912 and 1952<ref name= PRer />
* Hurter and Driffield Medal, 1924<ref name= PRer />
* [[Henry Draper Medal]], [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]], 1936.<ref name=Draper>{{cite web|title=Henry Draper Medal|url=http://www.nasonline.org/about-nas/awards/henry-draper-medal.html|publisher=National Academy of Sciences|accessdate=24 February 2011}}</ref>
* [[Henry Draper Medal]], [[United States National Academy of Sciences|National Academy of Sciences]], 1936.<ref name=Draper>{{cite web|title=Henry Draper Medal |url=http://www.nasonline.org/about-nas/awards/henry-draper-medal.html |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |access-date=24 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126003930/http://www.nasonline.org/about-nas/awards/henry-draper-medal.html |archive-date=26 January 2013 }}</ref>
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* [[Franklin Medal]].
* [[Progress Medal (SMPTE)|Progress Medal]], Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, 1936<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smpte.org/about/awards-programs/progress-winners|website=SMPTE|title=SMPTE Progress Medal Historical List Recipients|access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref>
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* Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.
* Member of the [[American Philosophical Society]], 1937<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Charles+E.K.+Mees&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>
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* Fellow of the [[Royal Society]], 1939. <ref name="frs"/>
* Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]], 1941<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-09 |title=Charles Edward Kenneth Mees |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/charles-edward-kenneth-mees |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref>
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* Inductee, International Photography Hall of Fame, 1972.
* Member of the United States [[National Academy of Sciences]], 1950<ref>{{Cite web |title=Charles Mees |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/deceased-members/20000875.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=www.nasonline.org}}</ref>
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* The C.E.K. Mees Award is the highest research honor given by the Kodak company.
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* [[Franklin Medal]], 1954
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* Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society
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* Fellow of the [[Royal Society]], 1939<ref name="frs"/>
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* Inductee, International Photography Hall of Fame, 1972

==Legacy==
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* The C.E.K. Mees Award is the highest research honor given by Kodak.
* The C.E.K. Mees Medal, awarded in odd-numbered years by the [[Optical Society of America]], is named after him and was endowed by the Mees family.
* The C.E.K. Mees Medal, awarded in odd-numbered years by the [[Optical Society of America]], is named after him and was endowed by the Mees family.
* The [[University of Rochester]]'s [[C.E.K. Mees Observatory]] is named after him.
* The [[University of Rochester]]'s [[C.E.K. Mees Observatory]] is named after him.
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==Further reading==
* {{cite book| last= James| first= Thomas H. |title= C. E. Kenneth Mees: Pioneer of Industrial Research| publisher= Photographic Research Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Company| year= 1990| isbn= 0879856572}}


==External links==
* [http://www.iphf.org/Hall_Of_Fame/Inducties_Bios/Dr_C_E_Kenneth_Mees_Bio.html Dr. C.E. Kenneth Mees (1882–1960)]
* [http://www.iphf.org/hall-of-fame/dr-c-e-kenneth-mees/ Dr. C.E. Kenneth Mees (1882–1960)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102103/http://www.iphf.org/hall-of-fame/dr-c-e-kenneth-mees/ |date=4 March 2016 }} at iphf.org
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1306/is_n7_v60/ai_15605284 Historically speaking - tribute to C.E. Kenneth Mees, scientist and photographer, and former VP at Eastman Kodak]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070311042317/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1306/is_n7_v60/ai_15605284 Historically speaking - tribute to C.E. Kenneth Mees, scientist and photographer, and former VP at Eastman Kodak]
* [http://infrared100.blogspot.com/2010/12/charles-edward-kenneth-mees-1882-1960.html Charles Edward Kenneth Mees 1882-1960] Mees' role in history of infrared photography development and Kodachrome
* [http://infrared100.blogspot.com/2010/12/charles-edward-kenneth-mees-1882-1960.html Charles Edward Kenneth Mees 1882-1960] Mees' role in history of infrared photography development and Kodachrome
*[http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/mees-charles.pdf National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir]
*[http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/mees-charles.pdf National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoir]

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Kenneth Mees

Charles Edward Kenneth Mees FRS[1] (26 May 1882 – 15 August 1960) was a British scientist and photographic researcher.

Early life and education[edit]

Mees was born in Wellingborough, England, the son of a Wesleyan minister.

He attended the University of London. In 1906 he was awarded his D.Sc. with a dissertation on photographic theory.

Career[edit]

From 1906 until 1912, Mees worked for Wratten and Wainwright, Ltd., assisting Frederick Wratten in developing the first panchromatic photographic plates, as well as light filters and safelights for the darkroom.

In 1912, Eastman Kodak Company acquired Wratten and Wainwright because they were interested in the skills Mees provided. George Eastman convinced Mees to move to Rochester, New York, United States, where Mees created the Kodak Research Laboratories,[2] becoming its first director.[3]

Mees helped the US military in World War I in its instruction of photography.[2] After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mees became an American citizen so that he could have access to high security war projects and information during World War II.[2]

Later, he was named vice president in charge of Research and Development for Eastman Kodak; he remained at that position until he retired in 1955.[2]

During his career, he published 100 scientific papers and 60 other works. Among his accomplishments was the development of sensitive photographic emulsions for use in astronomy.

Mees served as the first president of the board of trustees of George Eastman House from 1947 until 1954.[4]

He died suddenly in Honolulu in 1960.

Personal life[edit]

He married in 1909 Alice Crisp, and together they raised two children: Graham (1910) and Doris (1912). They were married for 45 years.[2]

In 1951 he suffered a massive thrombosis in one leg and lost it to amputation. Despite that, he became adept at using an artificial limb and even managed to drive his own car.[2]

Selected works[edit]

  • C.E. Kenneth Mees, An Atlas of Absorption Spectra, 1909.
  • C.E. Kenneth Mees, The Photography of Colored Objects, 1909.
  • C.E. Kenneth Mees, F. M. Hamer and L. G. S. Brooker. Recent advances in sensitizers for the photography of the infrared. J. Opt. Soc. Am., 23:216., 1933
  • C.E. Kenneth Mees, Photography, Macmillan Co., New York, 1942.
  • C.E. Kenneth Mees, The Theory of the Photographic Process, Macmillan Co., New York, 1942.
  • C.E. Kenneth Mees & S. Sheppard, Investigations on the Theory of the Photographic Process.
  • C.E. Kenneth Mees, The Path of Science, J. Wiley & sons, inc., 1946.
  • C.E. Kenneth Mees and John A. Leermakers, The Organization of Industrial Scientific Research, McGraw-Hill, 1950.
  • C.E. Kenneth Mees, From dry plates to Ektachrome film: a story of photographic research, Ziff-Davis Pub. Co., 1961.

Awards and honors[edit]

Legacy[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Clark, W. (1961). "Charles Edward Kenneth Mees. 1882-1960". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 7: 172–197. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1961.0014. S2CID 62540744.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h SFR (1991). "Book Reviews" (PDF). Photoresearcher (2). European Society for the History of Photography: 39 – via ESHPH.org.
  3. ^ Journey: 75 Years of Kodak Research (Eastman Kodak, Rochester, 1989) pp. 7-9.
  4. ^ "Dr. C. E. Kenneth Mees" (PDF). Image. George Eastman House. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 12 December 2010 – via eastmanhouse.org.
  5. ^ "Henry Draper Medal". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2011.
  6. ^ "SMPTE Progress Medal Historical List Recipients". SMPTE. Retrieved 27 November 2020.
  7. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Charles Edward Kenneth Mees". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Charles Mees". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 24 May 2023.

Further reading[edit]

  • James, Thomas H. (1990). C. E. Kenneth Mees: Pioneer of Industrial Research. Photographic Research Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Company. ISBN 0879856572.

External links[edit]

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