John Logie Baird demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system on 26 January 1926.
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John Logie Baird - Frith Street - IEEE
From The Register: "On the afternoon of 26 January 2017 – exactly 91 years to...
John Logie Baird - Frith Street - LCC
In 1926 in this house John Logie Baird, 1888 - 1946, first demonstrated telev...
John Logie Baird - N10
John Logie Baird John (Logie) Baird, the inventor of the first television, wa...
John Logie Baird NW9 - plaque
Our picture of the plaque is taken from the NW9 section of the excellent and ...
John Logie Baird NW9 - stone
The stone was erected on the base of one of Baird's television masts. Our pic...
Other Subjects
Herbert Rees Wilson, FRSE
Physicist. Â Worked on DNA X-ray diffraction studies 1953 at King's College London with Franklin, Gosling, Stokes and Wilkins. Our picture shows, Left to right: Gosling, Wilson, Wilkins, Stokes. In...
2 memorials
Robert Hooke
Natural philosopher (or scientist, in today's terminology) and architect. Born Isle of Wight. Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society, Professor of Geometry at Gresham College, Surveyor to the ...
2 memorials
Major-General William Roy
Military engineer, surveyor, antiquary. Born South Lanarkshire.  Founder of the Ordnance Survey. 1749-55, one of a team that produced "The Duke of Cumberland's Map", commissioned by  George II as ...
Person, Armed Forces, Engineering, History, Science, Scotland
2 memorials
Admiral Robert Fitzroy
Hydrographer and meteorologist. Born Ampton Hall, Suffolk. He attended the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth and eventually took command of The Beagle, with Charles Darwin as a passenger. In his late...
2 memorials
William Forsyth
Botanist. Born in Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire. Trained as a gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden, taking over the chief gardening position in 1771. In 1784, he was appointed superintendent of the ro...
1 memorial
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