John Logie Baird was one of the principal players in the early days of television. His invention, the photomechanical television, was the first to broadcast a live transmission. Born in Scotland in 1888, Baird received his education at the Royal...

1888-1946 Scottish Inventor John Logie Baird is not credited as the inventor of the television, though he did create the first working television set in 1923. He went on to a number of "firsts," including the first color transmission. Yet...

John Logie Baird (August 13 1888 – June 14 1946) was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first working television system. Although Baird's electromechanical system was eventually displaced by purely electronic systems (such as those of...