Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
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Paul Julius Gottlieb Nipkow (22 August 1860 – 24 August 1940) was a German technician and inventor. He invented the Nipkow disk, which laid the foundation of television, since his disk was a fundamental component in the first televisions.[1] Hundreds of stations experimented with television broadcasting using his disk in the 1920s and 1930s, until it was superseded by all-electronic systems in the 1940s.
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow | |
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Born | (1860-08-22)22 August 1860 |
Died | 24 August 1940(1940-08-24) (aged 80) |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Engineer |
Engineering career | |
Projects | Nipkow disk |
Significant advance | Television |
Nipkow has been called the "father of television",[2][3] together with other early figures of television history like Karl Ferdinand Braun.
The first regular television service in the world, Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow, was named in his honour.[4]