John Logie Baird
(1888-1946), Television pioneerSitter in 25 portraits
Born in Dunbartonshire, Baird began experimenting with television technology in 1922, and built the world's first working television set. He transmitted the first television picture in his laboratory in 1925, the image being the head of a ventriloquist's dummy. He repeated this achievement to members of the Royal Institution in 1926, when he gave the world's first demonstration of true television. The first transatlantic transmission followed in 1928. His system was used by the BBC from 1929 to 1937. He demonstrated colour television with a cathode ray tube in 1939, and in 1940 began research into stereoscopic television.
by Walter Benington
vintage chlorobromide print, 1920s
NPG P968
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1910s
NPG x11612
R. F. Tiltman; John Logie Baird
by A. Spencer
bromide print, 1927
NPG x11613
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge; John Logie Baird
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1927
NPG x11615
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 7 March 1928
NPG x49619
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 7 March 1928
NPG x49620
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 7 March 1928
NPG x49621
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 7 March 1928
NPG x49622
Arthur Davis Thorpe; John Logie Baird
by London News Agency
bromide print, 1929
NPG x11616
R. F. Tiltman; John Logie Baird
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, June 1932
NPG x11614
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1935
NPG x2658
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1935
NPG x2661
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1935
NPG x2662
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1935
NPG x2663
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1935
NPG x2665
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1935
NPG x2666
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1935
NPG x2667
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, February 1935
NPG x83930
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, February 1935
NPG x83931
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