Inventor, Television Pioneer. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he as a stenographer for the Federal Government in Washington, D.C. when he succeeded in developing a machine that could project small moving pictures on a wall or screen in 1892. He developed the phantascope, entered into an agreement with the Columbia Phonograph Company to manufacture it and was the first president of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers in 1916. On July 2, 1928, Jenkins formed the first television station in the United States and began broadcasting this same day. That same year he formed the Jenkins Television Corporation in New Jersey to manufacture a Radiovisor to market and form television stations across the United States. In 1932, De Forest Radio purchased the Jenkins Television Corporation and he continued to seek ways to improve the Radiovisor until his death. Over the course of his life he received more than four hundred patents, many of these patents were in the fields of motion pictures and television.
Inventor, Television Pioneer. Born in Dayton, Ohio, he as a stenographer for the Federal Government in Washington, D.C. when he succeeded in developing a machine that could project small moving pictures on a wall or screen in 1892. He developed the phantascope, entered into an agreement with the Columbia Phonograph Company to manufacture it and was the first president of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers in 1916. On July 2, 1928, Jenkins formed the first television station in the United States and began broadcasting this same day. That same year he formed the Jenkins Television Corporation in New Jersey to manufacture a Radiovisor to market and form television stations across the United States. In 1932, De Forest Radio purchased the Jenkins Television Corporation and he continued to seek ways to improve the Radiovisor until his death. Over the course of his life he received more than four hundred patents, many of these patents were in the fields of motion pictures and television.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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