Pioneers and personalities
We take for granted that by pressing few buttons on a telephone we can talk to family friends or business associates not only throughout the UK but around the world as well.
These advances in telecommunications and broadcasting owes much to the brilliant minds and personalities who helped launch the electronic revolution. Pioneers and personalities provides an insight to the people who have helped shape the world of telecommunications as we know it today.
Reeves
Alec Reeves devised Pulse-Code Modulation, the first digital coding system, which liberated bandwidth. Reeves, a natural tinkerer, grew up in the...
Reis
It's not certain whether it could be described as a telephone, but Philip Reis was actually the first man to transmit sound electrically. Born and...
Reith
John Reith was the first Director General of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). A tall (6'7"), energetic and imposing son of a Scottish...
Reuter
Paul Reuter pioneered the use of the telegraph to build a news distribution empire. Reuter, born in Germany, was originally called Israel Beer...
Roget
Peter Roget, famed as the creator of the first thesaurus, also proved persistence of vision in the human eye. Roget was naturally gifted as a child...
