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Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q18417 · wikidata
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Édouard Belin
1876-03-05 – 1963-03-04
Life & Legacy
Édouard Belin (5 March 1876 – 4 March 1963) was a French photographer and inventor. In 1907 Belin invented a phototelegraphic apparatus called the Bélinographe (télestéréographe)—a system for receiving photographs over telephone wires via telegraphic networks.
Belin's invention had been used for journalistic photos since 1914, and the process was improved by 1921 to enable transmission of images by radio waves.
From 1926, Belin worked on a television apparatus. In 1926, with Holweg, he tested the capacity for the eye to perceive pictures proposed at a very high speed, using a mirror drum.
Belin was born in Vesoul, Haute-Saône, France, and died, aged 86, in Territet, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.
Occupation & Career
inventor, engineer, photographer
Education
College Gérôme; Higher Federal Graphical Institute of Education and Research; Faculté de droit de Dijon
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour; honorary citizenship; Citation à l'ordre de la Nation; Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès; Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite; officier d'académie; belinograph
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Citation à l'ordre de la Nation · Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite · Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour · Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès · honorary citizenship · officier d'académie
Organizations & Memberships
Société française de photographie
Notable Work
belinograph
Education & Institutions
College Gérôme · Faculté de droit de Dijon · Higher Federal Graphical Institute of Education and Research
Verified Legacy Record
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honorary citizenship
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q18417 · wikidata
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Citation à l'ordre de la Nation
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q18417 · wikidata
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Great Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q18417 · wikidata
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Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q18417 · wikidata
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officier d'académie
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q18417 · wikidata
Notable Work
belinograph
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q18417 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q18417 — wikidata View source
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