Charles Francis Jenkins

Charles Francis Jenkins was an American inventor who played a role in the early development of television. He was one of the individuals who, along with John Logie Baird in Britain, successfully built the world's first televisions using Paul Nipkow's scanning disk concept.1

In 1922, Jenkins transmitted a still picture via radio waves. While Baird achieved the first true television success by transmitting a live human face in 1925, Jenkins also established his own television station and began selling television kits by mail in 1928, showcasing cartoon programs. Despite initial skepticism and ridicule towards early television technology, Jenkins's work contributed to the burgeoning field of electronic communication.1