by Chris Juried
(Florida)
Vladimir Kosmich Zworykin (July 29, 1888 – July 29, 1982) was a Russian-merican inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode ray tubes. He played a role in the practical development of television from the early thirties, including charge storage-type tubes, infrared image tubes and the electron microscope.