Józef Tykociński-Tykociner
Józef Tykociński-Tykociner (born October 5, 1877 in Włocławek , Congress Poland , † June 11, 1969 in Urbana ( Illinois )) was a Polish engineer and an inventor of the talkie . On June 9, 1922 - one year after Sven Berglund in Sweden - he produced the first sound film in the USA - i.e. picture and (optical) optical sound track on the same film strip and thus forcibly synchronized - at a conference in the then electrotechnical institute in Urbana (Illinois ), where his wife Helena can be seen and heard. Although Tykociner was preparing a patent some time before its performance , it was not filed until 1926 due to differences with the then President of the University of Illinois , David Kinley , three years after the patent of New Yorker Lee de Forest , who made the first commercial sound films produced.
In 1931 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society . He was also a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1930) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (1964).
Individual evidence
- ^ Joseph T. Tykociner Papers, 1900-69. University of Illinois Archives, accessed December 1, 2015 (English, with download box).
Web links
- Tykociner in a technology history database
- Memories page about Tykociner (English)
- University of Illinois University Archives - Joseph Tykociner: Demonstration of Sound on Film (Beta)
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| SURNAME | Tykociński-Tykociner, Józef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish engineer and inventor of the sound film |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Włocławek , Congress Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1969 |
| Place of death | Urbana ( Illinois ) |