Alexander Poliakoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexander Poliakoff

Russian-born British electronics engineer, inventor and businessman, and chairman of Multitone Electronics for over 40 years

Date of Birth: 20-Aug-1910

Place of Birth: Losiny Ostrov National Park, Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 26-Jul-1996

Profession: businessperson, inventor, electronics technician

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Alexander Poliakoff OBE (Russian: ??????´??? ??´??????? ??????´?; 20 August 1910 – 26 July 1996) was a Russian-born British electronics engineer, inventor and businessman, the chairman of Multitone Electronics for over 40 years. Alexander Poliakoff was born in 1910 at his parents' country house at Losino-Ostrovskaya, near Moscow, the only son of Joseph Poliakoff, a Russian telephone and sound engineer and inventor, and Flora Shabbat, a granddaughter of a textile millionaire.In 1946, Poliakoff married Ina Montagu (died 1991), granddaughter of the banker Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling.
Their elder son is the chemist Sir Martyn Poliakoff, and their younger son is the playwright Stephen Poliakoff. He was appointed OBE in the 1982 New Year Honours.