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John Logie Baird

John Logie Baird

Key facts

date o birthAugust 13, 1888
date o daithJune 14, 1946
alma materGlesga University
thriftpheesicist, entrepreneur, screiver
place o birthMilligs Mill
place o daithBexhill-on-Sea
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Born
13 August 1888Helensburgh
Dee'd
14 Juin 1946Bexhill
Alma mater
Royal Technical College (Varsitie o Straithclyde), Glesga Varsity
Hauf-marrae(s)
Margaret Albu (m. 1931)
Bairns
2

John Logie Baird (born on 14 August 1888 in Milligs Mill an deid on 14 Juin 1946 in Bexhill in Ingland) is the Scots ingineer that cleckit the first mechanical televeesion in 1876 as weel as the first colour telly.

He studied electrical ingineerin at Glesga Varsitie. He flittit tae Hastings i 1922. I 1925, he cud shaw the first televeision. He fundit his ain companie i 1927. BBC televeision begoud i 1929 bit hit wis experimental firstlins. Raiglar braidkests begoud i 1936. Baird wis disjaskit acause the BBC uised a rival seestem, Marconi-EMI.

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