Roger Hayward
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Roger Hayward 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. He was the grandson of American landscape artist William Preston Phelps
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In December 1968 he wrote "Blivet
s: Research and Development" to The Worm Runner's Digest in which he presented interpretations of impossible objects.
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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. He was the grandson of American landscape artist William Preston Phelps
William Preston Phelps
William Preston Phelps , known as "the Painter of the Monadnock", was an American landscape painter born on the family farm near Chesham, in what is now the Pottersville section of Dublin, New Hampshire on March 6, 1848 to mother Mary Phelps and father Jayson Phelps.-Early years:"Preston", as he...
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In December 1968 he wrote "Blivet
Blivet
A blivet, also known as a poiuyt, devil's fork or widget, is an undecipherable figure, an optical illusion and an impossible object...
s: Research and Development" to The Worm Runner's Digest in which he presented interpretations of impossible objects.
External links
- The Roger Hayward Papers
- A four-part biography of Roger Hayward written by his family members and published by Oregon State UniversityOregon State UniversityOregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...
:- Roger Hayward: Architect, Artist, Illustrator, Inventor, Scientist
- The Western Years, Part 1
- The Western Years, Part 2
- http://paulingblog.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/roger-hayward-and-linus-pauling/Roger Hayward and Linus PaulingLinus PaulingLinus Carl Pauling was an American chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator. He was one of the most influential chemists in history and ranks among the most important scientists of the 20th century...
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- A digitized collection of pastel drawings of molecules created by Hayward