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Vladimir K. Zworykin

Vladimir Koz'mich Zworykin

Russian-American engineer (1888–1982).

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Given Name

Vladimir
Kosma
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Error in Referenced Source or Sources

Native Language

Russian

Place of Birth

Murom
Country
:
Russian Empire
Located in the Administrative Territorial Entity
:
Vladimir Governorate
United States
Reason for Deprecated Rank
:
Error in Referenced Source or Sources

Place of Death

Princeton

Country of Citizenship

Russian Empire
Russian Republic
Siberian Republic
Russian State
United States

Date of Birth

7/29/1888
7/30/1889

Date of Death

7/29/1982

Instance Of

Human

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Occupation

Engineer
Physicist
Inventor

Described by Source

Brockhaus Enzyklopädie (19 Ed.)
Volume
:24
Page(s)
:672
Section
:Zworykin, Wladimir Kosma

Educated At

St. Petersburg Practical Institute of Technology
( - 1912)
End Time
: 1912

Award Received

16 items
Edison Medal
(1952)
Point in Time
: 1952
IEEE Medal of Honor
(1951)
Point in Time
: 1951
Howard N. Potts Medal
(1947)
Point in Time
: 1947
Faraday Medal
(1965)
Point in Time
: 1965
National Medal of Science
(1966)
Point in Time
: 1966
Rumford Prize
(1941)
Point in Time
: 1941
National Inventors Hall of Fame
(1977)
Point in Time
: 1977
IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award
(1934)
Point in Time
: 1934
IEEE Lamme Medal
(1948)
Award Rationale
: For his outstanding contribution to the concept and design of electronic apparatus basic to modern television
Point in Time
: 1948
Progress Medal (SMPTE)
(1950)
Point in Time
: 1950
Maxwell Lecture
(1959)
Point in Time
: 1959
National Academy of Engineering Founders Award
(1968)
Point in Time
: 1968
Eduard Rhein Foundation
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Eduard Rhein Ring of Honor
(1980)
Point in Time
: 1980
Trustees Award
(1984)
Has Characteristic
:
Posthumous Recognition
Point in Time
: 1984

Member Of

American Physical Society
(1931 - )
Start Time
: 1931
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
(1943 - )
Subject Has Role
:
Member of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Start Time
: 1943
National Academy of Engineering
(1965 - )
Start Time
: 1965
American Philosophical Society
(1948 - )
Start Time
: 1948

Doctoral Advisor

Nominated For

Nobel Prize in Physics
(1954)
Point in Time
: 1954

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English
Russian

Religion or Worldview

Eastern Orthodox Church

Sex or Gender

Male

Student Of

Name in Native Language

Владимир Козьмич Зворыкин

Field of Work

Electrical Engineering
Physics
Technology of Television
Television
Electron Microscopy

Family Name

Ethnic Group

Russians

Described at URL

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/01/o ...

Place of Burial

Princeton Cemetery
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