Isaac Shoenberg

Isaac Shoenberg (born March 1, 1880 in Pinsk , † January 25, 1963 in London ) was a Russian high-frequency technician .

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He studied mathematics, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering in St. Petersburg . Then he set up the first Russian radio telegraphy station. However, since his family suffered from the anti-Jewish attitude, they emigrated to Great Britain in 1914 shortly before the outbreak of the First World War , where he initially worked for various companies such as the Marconi Wireless and Telegraph Company and from 1928 for the Columbia Graphophone Company .

From 1931 to 1935 he conducted research at Electric and Musical Industries ( EMI ) in the field of television technology and became head of the EMI research group, which developed and improved a new type of television camera tube Emitron . At the same time he created an improved high vacuum cathode ray tube for television receivers.

This television system was used by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in 1936 for the first public television broadcast in London (with 405 lines and 25 image changes per second) and remained with this standard until 1964. Isaac Shoenberg was knighted in 1962 for his television technology services.

For propaganda reasons, Germany's National Socialist government hadn't mentioned any of this when it hosted the first electronic outdoor television transmission system for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin .

He was the father of the physicist David Shoenberg .

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SURNAME	Shoenberg, Isaac
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian high frequency technician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 1, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pinsk
DATE OF DEATH	January 25, 1963
Place of death	London