Isaac Shoenberg
Isaac Shoenberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 March 1880 Pinsk, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Belarus) |
| Died | 25 January 1963 (aged 82) London, England |
| Resting place | Liberal Jewish Cemetery, Willesden |
| Spouse | Esther Aisenstein |
| Children | 5, including David |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Electrical engineering |
| Employer(s) | Marconi Wireless and Telegraph Company, Columbia Graphophone Company, EMI |
| Significant advance | Electronic high-definition television |
| Awards | IET Faraday Medal |
Sir Isaac Shoenberg (1 March 1880 – 25 January 1963) was a British electronic engineer born in Belarus who was best known for his role in the history of television. He was the head of the EMI research team that developed the 405-line (Marconi-EMI system), the first fully electronic television system to be used in regular broadcasting when it was introduced with the BBC Television Service in 1936. It was later adopted by other TV organizations around the world.
As the head of research at EMI, Schoenberg was Alan Blumlein's supervisor when Blumlein invented stereophonic sound in 1931. Schoenberg was awarded the IET Faraday Medal by the British Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1954 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1962.