Part I TheInventor                                                                                                           
     John Logie Baird was born on August 13th, 1888, in Helensburg, Great Britain.  He was youngest of four children.  He was the son of a clergyman. He was white. He went to Glasgow University where he studied engineering. He worked at the Valley Electrical Power Company as an assistant superintendent. He had interests in transmitting pictures. He lived with his sister because of bad health. They called him an obeah man, a dealer in supernatural forces. He died on June 14, 1946.  
             
Part 2 The Invention                                                                                            
     Baird invented the TV. He invented it in a two-room attic. It was used to self educate yourself at home through news and current affairs. Baird’s invention was planned. It was a life long dream.  It took from when he graduated from collage to almost when he died. The TV used a 16-line scanning disc camera and receiver with a neon tube as a light source. He did not have help. He could not patent his idea because it used an already patented Nipkow disc. He was rich in ideas. He sold 10,000 television sets by 1932. Baird Television Company made the first television show.