biography
| name: |
Poniatoff, Alexander
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pronunciation:
[ponyatof]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1892–1980)
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| biography:
| US electronics engineer and inventor. Born in Russia, he served as a pilot in the Russian navy before emigrating to the USA in the 1920s. He founded the Ampex Co, making sound recording equipment, and built the first video recorder in 1956. |
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