Baird, John Logie

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Audience/Grade:	High School Junior - Continuing Education
Discipline(s):	Electrical Engineering History of Science and Technology Mechanical Engineering
Special Topic(s):	History of Technology
Learning Resource Type:	Reference - Article/Document
Media Type:	Document
Author(s):	Museum of Broadcast Communications
Description:	Brief biography on the inventor that made the first transatlantic TV broadcast in 1928. Excerpt: "OHN LOGIE BAIRD. Born in Helensburgh, Dumbartonshire, U.K., 13 August 1888. Attended Royal Technical College, Glasgow, and Glasgow University. Served as superintendent, Clyde Valley Electric Power Company; helped pioneer television transmission, successfully transmitting image of a Maltese cross several feet, 1924; gave scientists a demonstration of "Noctovision," a form of infra-red television imaging, 26 January 1926; succeeded with world's first transatlantic television transmission from London to New York, and produced first television images in natural color, 1928; experimented with stereoscopic television; the BBC adopted his 30-line, mechanically-scanned system, 1929, used for the first televising of the Derby from Epsom, 1931. Recipient: first gold medal of the International Faculty of Science given to an Englishman, 1937; Gold Medal of the International Faculty of Science, 1937. Died in Bexhill, Sussex, U.K., 14 June 1946."
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Use of Resource:	Brief description of the inventor.
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Publication Date:	2008
Platform/Format:	WWW
Cost:	Free
Download URL:	http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/bairdjohnl/bairdjohnl...
Metadata:	IEEE LOM Record
Collection:	NEEDS