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Zworykin, V. K. (Vladimir Kosma), 1889-1982


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    • Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma, 1889-1982
    • Zworykin, Fritz, 1889-1982
    • Зворыкин, Владимир Кузьмич, 1889-1982
    • Zvorykin, Vladimir Kuzʹmich, 1889-1982
  • Additional Information

    • Birth Date

        1889-07-30
    • Death Date

        1982-07-29
    • Has Affiliation

        • Organization: RCA Laboratories
    • Has Affiliation

        • Organization: International Federation for Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering
    • Birth Place

        Murom, Russia
    • Associated Language

        English
    • Field of Activity

      Television

      Electrical engineering

      Medical electronics


    • Occupation

      Engineer

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  • Sources

    • found: LCCN 30-20147: His Photocells and their application, 1930(hdg.: Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma, 1888- ; usage: V.K. Zworykin)
    • found: Abramson, A. Zworykin, 1994:CIP galley (Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, Russian-born scientist; d. 1982)
    • found: Biog. & geneal. master index online, Aug. 28, 2002(Zworykin, Vladimir (1889-1982); Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma (1889-1982))
    • found: Scribner encyc. of Amer. lives, v. 1(Vladimir Kosma Zworykin; b. July 30, 1889, Murom, Russia; d. July 29, 1982, Princeton, N.J.; scientist who invented the original technology for transmitting and receiving television pictures)
    • found: Britannica online, Aug. 28, 2002(Zworykin, Vladimir Kosma; b. July 30, 1889, Murom, Russia; d. July 29, 1982, Princeton, N.J.)
    • found: Oral history interview with Emanuel Ruben Piore, 1977(Fritz Zworykin)
    • found: Parfenov, L. Zvorykin Muromet︠s︡, 2011:t.p. (Владимир Зворыкин = Vladimir Zvorykin) p. 6 (Зворыкин Владимир Кузьмич = Zvorykin Vladimir Kuzʹmich; Russian engineer, emigrated from Russia in 1917, moved to the United States in 1919)
    • found: Vladimir Zworykin papers, 1924-1976:processing notes (employed by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company at East Pittsburgh, Pa., 1920-1929; by Radio Corporation of America, 1929-1954; associate director of RCA Laboratories, Princeton, N.J., 1942-1947; vice president, 1947-1954; retained an office as honorary vice president after retirement; founder-president of the International Federation for Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering, 1961-1968)
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    • 1987-07-16: new
    • 2013-04-27: revised
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