John Logie Baird
13 August 1888 – 14 June 1946
John Logie Baird (1888-1946) was a Scottish engineer and inventor who demonstrated the world's first working television system in 1926 using a mechanical scanning technique. He achieved several television firsts, including the first transatlantic television transmission and the first demonstration of colour television. Although his mechanical system was ultimately superseded by fully electronic television, he is widely regarded as a founding pioneer of the medium.
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Life events
John Logie Baird was born in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, the son of a clergyman.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgBaird studied electrical engineering, though his education was interrupted by World War I.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgWorking in Hastings and then London, Baird succeeded in transmitting moving silhouette images by mechanical television.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgBaird demonstrated true television with grey-scale images to members of the Royal Institution at his Soho laboratory in London.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgBaird transmitted a television image from London to Hartsdale, New York.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgBaird gave the first demonstration of a colour television transmission using his mechanical system.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe BBC adopted Baird's 30-line mechanical television system for experimental broadcasts.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAfter a public trial, the BBC chose the fully electronic Marconi-EMI system over Baird's mechanical system.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgBaird died at his home in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, following a stroke.
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