Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons¹⁴

Édouard Belin

French inventor (1876–1963)¹

Édouard Belin (5 March 1876 – 4 March 1963) was a French photographer and inventor. In 1907 Belin invented a phototelegraphic apparatus called the Bélinographe (télestéréographe)—a system for receiving photographs over telephone wires via telegraphic networks.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Édouard Belin (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Mar 5, 1876, died Mar 4, 1963.¹

About

Belin's invention had been used for journalistic photos since 1914, and the process was improved by 1921 to enable transmission of images by radio waves.

From 1926, Belin worked on a television apparatus. In 1926, with Holweg, he tested the capacity for the eye to perceive pictures proposed at a very high speed, using a mirror drum.

Belin was born in Vesoul, Haute-Saône, France, and died, aged 86, in Territet, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

From Wikipedia’s article on Édouard Belin, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Société française de photographieChair 1946 to 1952¹³

Early life and education

1894College Gérôme baccalauréat³
1898 to 1899Higher Federal Graphical Institute of Education and Research photography³
Since 1894Faculté de droit de Dijon³

Career

Occupation: photographer, engineer, inventor.⁷

1946 to 1952President, Société française de photographie^{4 5}
1946 to 1952Chair, Société française de photographie⁶

Known for: belinograph.⁸

Personal life

BornMar 5, 1876, Vesoul⁹
DiedMar 4, 1963, Territet¹⁰
CitizenshipFrance¹¹

Awards

1962Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour¹²
Date not recordedCitation à l'ordre de la Nation¹²
Date not recordedCommander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite¹²
Date not recordedGreat Gold medal of the Société d'Encouragement au Progrès¹²
Date not recordedhonorary citizenship¹²
Date not recordedofficier d'académie¹²

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataÉdouard Belin on Wikidata
2
WikipediaÉdouard Belin on Wikipedia
3
WikidataÉdouard Belin: education, on Wikidata
4
WikidataÉdouard Belin: President, Société française de photographie, on Wikidata
5
WikidataPresident, Société française de photographie, as reported
6
WikidataÉdouard Belin: Chair, Société française de photographie, on Wikidata
7
WikidataÉdouard Belin: occupation, on Wikidata
8
WikidataÉdouard Belin: notable work, on Wikidata
9
WikidataÉdouard Belin: place of birth, on Wikidata
10
WikidataÉdouard Belin: place of death, on Wikidata
11
WikidataÉdouard Belin: citizenship, on Wikidata
12
WikidataÉdouard Belin: award, on Wikidata
13
WikidataSociété française de photographie, Chair
14
Wikimedia CommonsÉdouard Belin photo by Unknown author Unknown author, CC0