Vladimir Zworykin was born on July 29, 1889 in the city of Muroma, Russian Empire. 1923: Vladimir Zworykin invents iconoscope Early Television Museum Vladimir Zworykin http://www.earlytelevision.org/vlad_zworykin.html Vladimir Kosma Zworykin Geographic Connection to Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County http://pabook2.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Zworykin__Vladimir.html Pitt Grad Vladimir Zworykin Pioneered TV http://www.225.pitt.edu/story/pitt-grad-who-pioneered-tv Russia’s son, TV’s father: Vladimir Zworykin’s role in creating television http://rbth.com/science_and_tech/2014/07/30/russias_son_tvs_father_vladimir_zworykins_role_in_creating_t_38637.html Obituaries Dr. Vladimir Kosma Zworykin http://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/01/obituaries/vladimir-zworykin-television-pioneer-dies-at-92.html **The Engineering and Technology History Wiki (ETHW)** * Vladimir Zworykin Biography http://ethw.org/Vladimir_Zworykin * Oral-History:Vladimir Zworykin http://ethw.org/Oral-History:Vladimir_Zworykin ---- Who invented television? #History of #Tech at #GeekHistory http://geekhistory.com/content/geekhistory-explores-who-invented-television