Manfred von Ardenne

Manfred baron von Ardenne (; 20 January 190726 May 1997) was a German researcher and applied physicist and inventor. He took out approximately 600 patents in fields including electron microscopy, medical technology, nuclear technology, plasma physics, and radio and television technology. From 1928 to 1945, he directed his private research laboratory ''Forschungslaboratorium für Elektronenphysik''. For ten years after the World War II, Ardenne was one of many of the German nuclear physicists in the former Soviet program of nuclear weapons, and was honored with the Stalin Prize by the former Soviet Union.

Upon his return to the then East Germany, he started another private engineering firm, ''Forschungsinstitut Manfred von Ardenne''. Ardenne is seen as one of the main inventors of the television. Provided by Wikipedia