Vladimir K. Zworykin
Vladimir K. Zworykin | |
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Vladimir Zworykin, c. 1956 | |
| Born | Vladimir Kosmich Zworykin 1888 or 1889 |
| Died | July 29, 1982 (aged 92–94) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Citizenship | Russian, American |
| Education | Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology ESPCI University of Pittsburgh (PhD) |
| Spouse | Tatiana Vasilieff (m. 1915) 2nd wife Katherine Polevitsky (m. 1951) |
| Engineering career | |
| Projects | Television, Electron Microscope |
| Significant design | Iconoscope, Photomultiplier |
| Significant advance | Inventor of the kinescope and other components of early television technology |
| Awards | IRE Medal of Honor, 1951, IEEE Edison Medal, 1952 |
Vladimir Kosma Zworykin (1888/1889 – 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.