| Vladimir Zworykin AKA Vladimir Kozma Zworykin Born: 30-Jul-1889
Birthplace: Murom, Russia
Died: 29-Jul-1982
Location of death: Princeton, NJ
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Inventor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Patented color televison Military service: Russian Army (Signal Corps) Father: (merchant)
Wife: Tatiana Vasilieff (m. 1916)
Wife: Katherine Polevitsky (m. 1951)
University: Engineering, St. Petersburg Institute of Technology (1912)
University: Collège de France
University: PhD, University of Pittsburgh (1926)
RCA VP (1947-54)
Westinghouse
IEEE Edison Medal (1952)
IEEE Medal of Honor (1951)
French Legion of Honor (1948)
Rumford Prize (1941)
National Academy of Engineering
Russian Ancestry
Is the subject of books:
Zworykin, Pioneer of Television, 1995, BY: Albert Abramson
Author of books:
Photocells and their application (1931)
Television: The Electronics of Image Transmission (1941)
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