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Guillermo González Camarena

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is González and the second or maternal family name is Camarena.
Guillermo González-Camarena
Guillermo González-Camarena
Guillermo González-Camarena
Born(1917-02-17)17 February 1917
Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico
Died18 April 1965(1965-04-18) (aged 48)
Amozoc, Puebla, Mexico
NationalityMexican
BildungNational Polytechnic Institute
OccupationEngineer
SpouseMaría Antonieta Becerra Acosta
Parent(s)Sara Camarena, Arturo González
Engineering career
DisciplineElectrical Engineer
InstitutionsThe Guillermo González Camarena Foundation
ProjectsChromoscopic adapter for television equipment

Guillermo González Camarena (17 February 1917 – 18 April 1965) was a Mexican electrical engineer who was the inventor of a color-wheel type of color television.

Early life

González Camarena was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. He was the youngest of seven siblings, among sculptor Jorge González Camarena. AHHHHHHH

Death

He died in a car crash in Puebla on April 18, 1965 (at the age of 48), returning from inspecting a television transmitter in Las Lajas, Veracruz.

Legacy

A field-sequential color television system similar to his Tricolor system was used in NASA's Voyager mission in 1979, to take pictures and video of Jupiter.[1]

There was a Mexican science research and technology group created La Funck Guillermo González Camarena or The Guillermo González Camarena Foundation in 1995 that was beneficial to creative and talented inventors in Mexico.

At the same time, the IPN began construction on the Centro de Propiedad Intelectual "Guillermo González Camarena" (Guillermo González Camarena Intellectual Property Center).

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References

  1. ^ * Enrique Krauze - Guillermo González-Camarena Jr. "50 años de la televisión mexicana" (50th anniversary of Mexican T.V.) - Year 1999 Mexican T.V. Documentary produced by Editorial Clío & Televisa, broadcast in 2000)
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