Sebastian Pietro Innocenzo Adhemar Ziani de Ferranti lived from April 9, 1864, to January 13, 1930. He was a British electrical engineer and inventor who helped develop high-voltage alternating current (AC) power in the United Kingdom. He patented the Ferranti dynamo and designed the Deptford Power Station.
John Hopkinson, FRS, was born on July 27, 1849, and died on August 27, 1898. He was a British physicist and electrical engineer who became a member of the Royal Society. He served as president of the IEE (now called the IET) twice, in 1890 and 1896.
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was an English scientist and inventor. He helped create a working incandescent light bulb and was the first to use incandescent lights to light up homes and public buildings, such as the Savoy Theatre in London, in 1881. In 1904, Swan was given a knighthood by King Edward VII.
William Sturgeon (pronounced “stur-jeen”; born May 22, 1783; died December 4, 1850) was an English electrical engineer and inventor. He created the first electromagnet and the first practical electric motor.
Sir Charles Wheatstone ( / ˈ w iː t s t ə n / ; 6 February 1802 – 19 October 1875) was an English physicist and inventor. He is most famous for his work on the Wheatstone bridge, a tool that helps measure unknown electrical resistance. This device was first created by Samuel Hunter Christie.
Sir William Fothergill Cooke was born on May 4, 1806, and died on June 25, 1879. He was an English inventor who, along with Charles Wheatstone, co-invented the Cooke-Wheatstone electrical telegraph. This invention received a patent in May 1837.
Alexander Bain was born on June 11, 1818, and died on September 18, 1903. He was a Scottish philosopher and educator who worked in the British tradition of empiricism. He made important contributions to the fields of psychology, linguistics, logic, moral philosophy, and education reform.
Sir Isaac Shoenberg (1 March 1880 – 25 January 1963) was a British electronic engineer born in Belarus. He is most famous for his work in the development of television. He led the EMI research team that created the 405-line (Marconi-EMI system), which was the first fully electronic television system used in regular broadcasting.
Alan Dower Blumlein ( / ˈ b l ʊ m l aɪ n / ; born June 29, 1903; died June 7, 1942) was an English electronics engineer known for creating many important inventions in telecommunications, sound recording, stereophonic sound, television, and radar. He received 128 patents and was regarded as one of the most important engineers and inventors of his time. He died on June 7, 1942, at the age of 38, during a secret test of an H2S airborne radar system under development.
John Logie Baird ( / ˈ l oʊ ɡ i b ɛər d / ; 13 August 1888 – 14 June 1946) was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator who showed the world’s first mechanical television system on 26 January 1926. He later created the first publicly demonstrated color television system and the first working electronic color television picture tube. In 1928, the Baird Television Development Company completed the first transatlantic television transmission.