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John Logie Baird (1888-1946) was a Scottish electrical engineer, who pioneered television.

Short Biography:

In 1925 he gave the first public demonstration of television, and in 1926 pioneered fibre optics, radar (in advance of Robert Watson-Watt), and "noctovision", a system for seeing at night by using infrared rays.

Born at Helensburgh, Scotland, Baird studied electrical engineering in Glasgow at what is now the University of Strathclyde, at the same time serving several practical ap read more...

Tags: engineer, television, fibre optics, video recording, bbc

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