Kenjiro Takayanagi

Kenjirō Takayanagi
高柳 健次郎
Kenjirō Takayanagi in 1953
Born(1899-01-20)January 20, 1899
Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Japan
DiedJuly 23, 1990(1990-07-23) (aged 91)
Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Engineering career
DisciplineElectrical engineering
Significant advanceDevelopment of television

Kenjiro Takayanagi (高柳 健次郎, Takayanagi Kenjirō, January 20, 1899 in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka – July 23, 1990 in Yokosuka) was a Japanese engineer and a pioneer in the development of television.[1] Although he failed to gain much recognition in the West, he built the world's first all-electronic television receiver, and is referred to as "the father of Japanese television".[2]

  1. ^ "The story of BBC Television - How it all began". BBC World Service.
  2. ^ Kenjiro Takayanagi: The Father of Japanese Television Archived June 4, 2002, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-11-01.