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Vladimir K. Zworykin

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Russian-American engineer (1888-1982)

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Vladimir Kosma Zworykin was a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode-ray tubes.

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Zworykin demonstrates electronic television (1929).Zworykin demonstrates electronic television (1929).Drawing from Zworykin's 1923 patent application Television System.[11][12]Drawing from Zworykin's 1923 patent application Television System.[11][12]Zworykin and some of the historic camera tubes he developedZworykin and some of the historic camera tubes he developedVladimir Zworykin's patent diagram of an iconoscope, 1931,[27] with an apparatus similar to the camera part.[11][12]Vladimir Zworykin's patent diagram of an iconoscope, 1931,[27] with an apparatus similar to the camera part.[11][12]

Awards 15

1984Trustees Award
1980Eduard Rhein Ring of Honor
1977National Inventors Hall of Fame
1968National Academy of Engineering Founders Award
1966National Medal of Science
1965Faraday Medal
1959Maxwell Lecture
1952Edison Medal
1951IEEE Medal of Honor
1950Progress Medal (SMPTE)
1948IEEE Lamme Medal
1947Howard N. Potts Medal
1941Rumford Prize
1934IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award
Fellow of the American Physical Society

Connected to Vladimir 6

John Douglas CockcroftAlso won Maxwell LectureGordon MooreAlso won National Academy of Engineering Founders AwardJohn G. TrumpAlso won IEEE Lamme MedalWillard BoyleAlso won IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial AwardStephanie L. KwolekAlso won Howard N. Potts MedalCharles F. KetteringAlso won Edison Medal

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Vladimir Kosma Zworykin was a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode-ray tubes. He played a role in the practical development of television from the early thirties, including charge storage-type tubes, infrared image tubes and the electron microscope.

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deceased
Dates
Lived 1888 to 1982 · aged 94
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