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Walter Bruch

1908 - 1990

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Walter Bruch (2 March 1908 – 5 May 1990) was a German electrical engineer and pioneer of German television. He was the inventor of closed-circuit television. He invented the PAL colour television system at Telefunken in the early 1960s. In addition to his research activities Walter Bruch was an honorary lecturer at Technische Hochschule Hannover. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Bruch is the 317th most popular inventor (down from 316th in 2019), the 4,445th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,414th in 2019) and the 39th most popular German Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Walter Bruch ranks 317 out of 426. Before him are Wilson Greatbatch, Abraham Darby I, Whitcomb L. Judson, Rostislav Alexeyev, Kenjiro Takayanagi, and Almon Brown Strowger. After him are John Shepherd-Barron, Nils Bohlin, Didi Senft, Alexander P. de Seversky, George Devol, and Ottmar Mergenthaler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Walter Bruch ranks 264. Before him are Tullio Pinelli, Ethel Catherwood, Jules Vandooren, Edward R. Murrow, Mary Welsh Hemingway, and Alfons Rebane. After him are Ivan Brown, Jesús Castro, Devika Rani, Yvette Cauchois, Buddy Ebsen, and Aleksei Arbuzov. Among people deceased in 1990, Walter Bruch ranks 199. Before him are Alexander Men, Edmond Delfour, Cemal Süreya, Marino Morettini, Juliet Berto, and Kenjiro Takayanagi. After him are Willy Vandersteen, Roman Vishniac, Manuel Anatol, Oscarino Costa Silva, David White, and Laurence J. Peter.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Bruch ranks 4,448 out of 7,253. Before him are Hermann Gunkel (1862), Theodore Levitt (1925), Hermann Wilker (1874), Dieter Burdenski (1950), Paul Bekker (1882), and Paul von Hintze (1864). After him are Marita Lange (1943), Eduard von Martens (1831), Klaus Groth (1819), Bernd Stange (1948), Wilhelm Gesenius (1786), and Brigitte Horney (1911).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Walter Bruch ranks 39. Before him are Fritz von Opel (1899), Ricardo Wolf (1887), Eugen Langen (1833), Adolf Martens (1850), Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789), and Wilhelm Bauer (1822). After him are Didi Senft (1952), Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854), Heinrich Gerber (1832), Albrecht Berblinger (1770), Andy Bechtolsheim (1955), and Karl Jatho (1873).

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