Vladimir Kosmich Zworykin (Russian: Влади́мир Козьми́ч Зворы́кин – Vladimir Koz’mich Zvorykin) (July 29 [O.S. July 17] 1888 – July 29 1982) 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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birth date
1888-07-29
birth name
Vladimir Kosmich Zworykin
birth place
Murom, Russian Empire
citizenship
Russia, United States
death date
1982-07-29
death place
New Jersey, Princeton New Jersey, United States
depiction description (caption)
Vladimir Zworykin in 1956
education
Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology, University of Pittsburgh
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