Pioneer of color television. Hovhannes Adamian was an Armenian engineer and the creator of more than 20 inventions. The first experimental color television was shown in London in 1928 based on Adamian's tricolor principle, and he is recognized as one of the founders of color television. Adamian was born into the family of an Armenian merchant and petrol businessman. In 1897, he finished his schooling in Baku and moved to Switzerland where he studied at the universities of Zurich and Berlin. He designed systems of black and white and then color televisions. Developing theoretical works by other co-founders of color television such as M. Le Blanc and P. Nipkov, Adamian was the first in the world to achieve practical results in color television and to carry out color television transfers. The first color television was patented by him in Germany on March 31, 1908. In 1925 in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia, Adamian demonstrated "Eristavi", a device for broadcasting color images. Supported by his friends and assistants from Armenia, he succeeded in demonstrating on a screen a number of color figures and patterns transferred from the laboratory next door. Adamian died in 1932 in Leningrad and was buried there in the local Armenian cemetery. In 1970, his remains were brought to Armenia and buried in the Yerevan Municpial Pantheon of notable Armenians. His unique tombstone represents his famous invention.
Pioneer of color television. Hovhannes Adamian was an Armenian engineer and the creator of more than 20 inventions. The first experimental color television was shown in London in 1928 based on Adamian's tricolor principle, and he is recognized as one of the founders of color television. Adamian was born into the family of an Armenian merchant and petrol businessman. In 1897, he finished his schooling in Baku and moved to Switzerland where he studied at the universities of Zurich and Berlin. He designed systems of black and white and then color televisions. Developing theoretical works by other co-founders of color television such as M. Le Blanc and P. Nipkov, Adamian was the first in the world to achieve practical results in color television and to carry out color television transfers. The first color television was patented by him in Germany on March 31, 1908. In 1925 in Yerevan, Soviet Armenia, Adamian demonstrated "Eristavi", a device for broadcasting color images. Supported by his friends and assistants from Armenia, he succeeded in demonstrating on a screen a number of color figures and patterns transferred from the laboratory next door. Adamian died in 1932 in Leningrad and was buried there in the local Armenian cemetery. In 1970, his remains were brought to Armenia and buried in the Yerevan Municpial Pantheon of notable Armenians. His unique tombstone represents his famous invention.
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