Hovannes Adamian

Hovannes Adamian
Հովհաննես Ադամյան
Adamian c. 1900s
Born(1879-02-05)February 5, 1879
Baku, Russian Empire
DiedSeptember 12, 1932(1932-09-12) (aged 53)
Leningrad, Soviet Union
NationalityArmenian
Known forInventor of color television

Hovhannes (Ivan) Abgari Adamian (Russian: Ованес Абгарович Адамян; Armenian: Հովհաննես Աբգարի Ադամյան; 5 February 1879 – 12 September 1932) was an Armenian engineer, an author of more than 20 inventions. The first experimental color television was shown in London in 1928 based on Adamian's tricolor principle,[1] and he is recognized as one of the founders of color television.[2]

  1. ^ "Адамян Ованес Абгарович". Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-02-28.
  2. ^ A. Rokhlin, Tak rozhdalos' dal'novidenie (in Russian) Archived 2013-04-24 at the Wayback Machine