Roger Hayward
Roger Hayward (1899 – October 11, 1979) was an American artist, architect, optical designer and astronomer. He is the inventor of an early Schmidt-Cassegrain camera that was patented in 1945. He was born on January 7, 1899, to mother, artist Ina Kittredge (Phelps) Hayward and local businessman and time piece hobbyist Robert Peter Hayward.
Roger Hayward
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- Name
- Roger Hayward
- Died
- 11 October 1979
- Born
- 11 October 1899
- Occupation
- Artist
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Roger Hayward (1899 – October 11, 1979) was an American artist, architect, optical designer and astronomer. He is the inventor of an early Schmidt-Cassegrain camera that was patented in 1945. He was born on January 7, 1899, to mother, artist Ina Kittredge (Phelps) Hayward and local businessman and time piece hobbyist Robert Peter Hayward.
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He was the grandson of American landscape artist William Preston Phelps. In December 1968 he wrote "Blivets: Research and Development" to The Worm Runner's Digest in which he presented interpretations of impossible objects.
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• Name — Roger Hayward • Died — 11 October 1979 • Born — 11 October 1899 • Occupation — Artist • Notable Works — Blivet
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Roger Hayward was born at Keene.
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Roger Hayward died at Merced.
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