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Who named their company “Kodak”?
A
Cornelius Vanderbilt
B
Henry Bessemer
C
George Eastman
D
Thomas Edison
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The word was made up by George Eastman, and is completely meaningless. He intended it to be an onomatopoeic suggestion of the click of a camera shutter.

Detailed explanation-2: -Invented and marketed by George Eastman (1854–1932), a former bank clerk from Rochester, New York, the Kodak was a simple box camera that came loaded with a 100-exposure roll of film.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1881, with the financial backing of Rochester businessman Henry Strong, Eastman formed the Eastman Dry Plate Company (reincorporated as the Eastman Dry Plate and Film Company in 1884 and as Eastman Kodak Company in 1892).

Detailed explanation-4: -George Eastman (July 12, 1854 – March 14, 1932) was an American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream.

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