Jan Szczepanik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Szczepanik

Polish inventor

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1872

Place of Birth: Mostyska, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 18-Apr-1926

Profession: inventor, chemist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Jan Szczepanik (June 13, 1872 – April 18, 1926) was a Polish inventor, with several hundred patents and over 50 discoveries to his name, many of which are still applied today, especially in the motion picture industry, as well as in photography and television.
Some of his concepts helped the future evolution of TV broadcasting, such as the telectroscope (an apparatus for distant reproduction of images and sound using electricity) or the wireless telegraph, which greatly affected the development of telecommunications.
He died in Tarnów in the Second Polish Republic.