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Technology & Engineering

Peter Goldmark

Who

Peter Goldmark · Technology & Engineering

What

Invented the long-playing (LP) record and a color-television system; National Medal of Science (1976)

When

1906, Budapest, Hungary — 1977, Westchester County, New York, United States

Where

Hungary · United Kingdom · United States

Biography

Peter Goldmark is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Invented the long-playing (LP) record and a color-television system; National Medal of Science (1976)

How & why

Goldmark was a Hungarian-American engineer at CBS who developed the long-playing (LP) 33⅓ rpm microgroove record and an early field-sequential color-television system, and later pioneered video and electronic-imaging technologies. He received the US National Medal of Science in 1977. Born into a Jewish family in Budapest, he emigrated via Britain to the United States.

Sources & external links

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the US National Medal of Science

Contributions & Sources

Invented the long-playing (LP) record and a color-television system; National Medal of Science (1976)

1976

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the US National Medal of Science