John Logie Baird
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Baird in 1917
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| Born |
14 August 1888 Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK |
| Died | 14 June 1946 (aged 57) Bexhill, Sussex, England, UK |
| Resting place | Baird family grave in Helensburgh Cemetery |
| Residence | Scotland and England |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Citizenship | British |
| Education | Larchfield Academy, Helensburgh |
| Alma mater | Royal Technical College (now University of Strathclyde), Glasgow |
| Occupation | Inventor businessman |
| Organization | Consulting Technical Adviser, Cable & Wireless Ltd (1941–) director, John Logie Baird Ltd director, Capital and Provincial Cinemas Ltd |
| Known for | One of the inventors of television, including the first colour television. |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Albu (m. 1931) |
| Children | Diana Baird and Malcolm Baird |
| Parent(s) | Rev John Baird, Minister, West Kirk, Helensburgh Jessie Morrison Inglis |
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Member of the Physical Society (1927)
Member of the Television Society (1927) Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1937) |
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John Logie Baird FRSE (/ˈloʊɡi bɛərd/; 14 August 1888 – 14 June 1946) was a Scottish engineer, innovator, one of the inventors of the mechanical television, demonstrating the first working television system on 26 January 1926, and inventor of both the first publicly demonstrated colour television system, and the first purely electronic colour television picture tube.
In 1928 the Baird Television Development Company achieved the first transatlantic television transmission. Baird's early technological successes and his role in the practical introduction of broadcast television for home entertainment have earned him a prominent place in television's history.
Baird was ranked number 44 in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote in 2002. In 2006, Baird was named as one of the 10 greatest Scottish scientists in history, having been listed in the National Library of Scotland's 'Scottish Science Hall of Fame'. In 2015 he was inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame.
Baird was born on 14 August 1888 in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, and was the youngest of four children of the Reverend John Baird, the Church of Scotland's minister for the local St Bride's Church and Jessie Morrison Inglis, the orphaned niece of a wealthy family of shipbuilders from Glasgow.
He was educated at Larchfield Academy (now part of Lomond School) in Helensburgh; the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College; and the University of Glasgow. While at college Baird undertook a series of engineering apprentice jobs as part of his course. The conditions in industrial Glasgow at the time helped form his socialist convictions but also contributed to his ill health. His degree course was interrupted by the First World War and he never returned to graduate.
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