George Eastman (History Maker Bios Series)

Question: Where did the Kodak name come from?

Answer: Kodak was made up by its founder, George Eastman, and doesn't mean anything.

• He quit school when he was just thirteen to begin a career in business.


• By the time he died, he'd given away more than $100 million to schools, the arts, and scientific and medical institutions.


• He built a huge mansion for his mother and himself—it had more than fifty rooms, including a movie theater!!

Read these other History Maker Bios about inventors and scientists who changed our world: Marie Curie, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Milton Hershey, The Wright Brothers.