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Vladimir Zworykin

Russian-American inventor, engineer.
Date of Birth: 29.07.1888
Country: Russia

Content:
  1. Early Life and Education
  2. Invention of the Television Picture Tube
  3. Contributions to Television Technology
  4. The Kinescope
  5. The Iconoscope
  6. Later Years

Early Life and Education

Vladimir K.

Zworykin, a renowned Russian-American inventor and engineer, was born in Murom, Russia, into a merchant family.

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He pursued his higher education at the Saint Petersburg Technological Institute, where Boris L. Rosing became one of his mentors. It was during his student years that Zworykin's fascination with "far-vision" began.

Invention of the Television Picture Tube

In the early 20th century, Zworykin played a pivotal role in the development of electronic television.

In 1907, he patented an innovative combination of a mechanical transmitter and an early prototype of the cathode ray tube (CRT) as a receiver. His groundbreaking invention later enabled one of the world's fir Vladimir K. Zworykin - Wikipedia ZYSUQ