John

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John is the given name of John Logie Baird, the Scottish engineer and inventor who pioneered the development of television.

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John canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
areaOfInfluence broadcasting ⓘ
mass media ⓘ
associatedWith BBC (early television broadcasts) ⓘ
mechanical television era ⓘ
citizenship British ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
demonstrated first working television system in public ⓘ
television to the public in the 1920s ⓘ
developed mechanical television system ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
familyName Baird ⓘ
fieldOfWork electrical engineering ⓘ
television technology ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasEthnicity Scottish ⓘ
hasMiddleName Logie ⓘ
hasNotableAchievement first demonstration of color television in the UK ⓘ
first transatlantic television transmission ⓘ
hasNotableRole early television experimenter ⓘ
influenced development of electronic television systems ⓘ
knownAs pioneer of television ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legacy recognized as a television pioneer ⓘ
nationality Scottish ⓘ
notableFor development of television ⓘ
notableInvention color television experiments ⓘ
noctovision (infrared television) ⓘ
television apparatus ⓘ
occupation engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
pioneered mechanical scanning in television ⓘ
television broadcasting ⓘ
placeOfBirth Helensburgh ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bexhill-on-Sea ⓘ
England ⓘ
residence United Kingdom ⓘ
studied engineering ⓘ
subjectOf biographies about television history ⓘ

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