A portrait of TV pioneer John Logie Baird and his biggest backer Sydney Moseley. As one of the pioneers of television, John Logie Baird has been written about a great deal over the years.

John Logie Baird (1888-1946) applied for a patent for a mechanical television in 1923. He ran successful experiments in transmitting images in 1926, and in 1930 he worked with the British ...

Scientists and inventors were racing to work out how to combine them into television. John Logie Baird created the first prototype from four inventions from other people (all described ...

How John Logie Baird's mechanical television showed the way, but ultimately to a dead end. Humanity’s deep desire for connection means the idea of seeing images at a distance has a long history.

the name Logie awards honours John Logie Baird, who invented television as a practical medium. Awards are given in many categories, but the most widely publicized award is the Gold Logie ...

He can be seen at work in this fragment of film from the mid-1920s: John Logie Baird experimenting with his mechanical television system in 1929. If Baird’s machinery looks rather improvised and ...