These are just some of the hi-points of John Baird's work. He exhibited genius qualities when it came to developing new ideas about television. His work required skills in four areas of expertise, i.e. optics, mechanics, electronics and fabrication. He excelled in the first two, for there he was at his best. For the electronics and fabrication, he found others to help him whenever the need arose, however because of limited budgets, in the early years he did build the equipment himself. John Baird was the best at what he was doing. In spite of his chronic ill health and limited by his own finances much of the time, he was two steps ahead of the others most of the time until the end of his life.Further descriptions of the details of John Baird's life and contribution to television are readily available on the Internet. |
