Vladimir Zworykin
30 July 1888 – 29 July 1982
Vladimir Kosma Zworykin was a Russian-American inventor and pioneer of television technology. Working at Westinghouse and later RCA, he developed the iconoscope camera tube and the kinescope display tube, key components of early electronic television systems.
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Life events
Vladimir Zworykin was born in Murom, Russian Empire.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgZworykin studied electrical engineering, where he was introduced to cathode-ray research.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgZworykin left Russia and settled in the United States after the Russian Revolution.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgZworykin began working at Westinghouse, where he pursued television research.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgZworykin filed a patent application for his television camera tube.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgZworykin moved to RCA, where he directed electronic research on television.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgZworykin received the National Medal of Science for his contributions to electronics.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgZworykin died in Princeton, New Jersey, one day before his 94th birthday.
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