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John Logie Baird

jon LOH-ghee BAIRD

Television Pioneer

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Film and Media Atlas. "John Logie Baird." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/john-logie-baird.

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Film and Media Atlas. (n.d.). John Logie Baird. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/john-logie-baird

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@misc{filmandmediaatlas-john-logie-baird,
  author = {Film and Media Atlas},
  title = {John Logie Baird},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://media.interactiveatlas.org/figures/john-logie-baird},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Scottish engineer who gave the first public demonstration of working television, showing moving grayscale images to members of the Royal Institution in his Soho laboratory on 26 January 1926. His mechanical system lost the BBC's 1936 to 1937 trial to the all-electronic Marconi-EMI system, but the demonstration itself made television real.

Facts

Birth Year

1888 1

Death Year

1946 1

Nationality

British 1

Defining Contribution

First public demonstration of working television, London, January 1926 2

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Television

Source National Science and Media Museum Official Site

Milestones Credited

First Public Television Demonstration

Source National Science and Media Museum Official Site

Sources

1. Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source

2. National Science and Media Museum Official Site

National Science and Media Museum, Science Museum GroupView the Source

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