Charles Francis Jenkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American inventor and pioneer of cinema and television
Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1867
Place of Birth: Dayton, Ohio, United States
Date of Death: 06-Jun-1934
Profession: inventor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Charles Francis Jenkins
- Charles Francis Jenkins (August 22, 1867 – June 6, 1934) was an American pioneer of early cinema and one of the inventors of television, though he used mechanical rather than electronic technologies.
- His businesses included Charles Jenkins Laboratories and Jenkins Television Corporation (the corporation being founded in 1928, the year the Laboratories were granted the first commercial television license in the United States).
- Over 400 patents were issued to Jenkins, many for his inventions related to motion pictures and television . Jenkins was born in Dayton, Ohio, grew up near Richmond, Indiana, where he went to school and went to Washington, D.C.
- in 1890, where he worked as a stenographer.
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