High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! John Logie Baird FRSE (13 August 1888 – 14 June 1946) was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world`s first practical, publicly demonstrated television system, and also the world`s first fully electronic colour television tube. Although Baird`s electromechanical system was eventually displaced by purely electronic systems (such as those of Vladimir Zworykin, Marconi-EMI and Philo Farnsworth), Baird`s early successes demonstrating working television broadcasts and his colour and cinema television work earn him a prominent place in television`s invention. In 2002, Logie Baird was ranked number 44 in the BBC`s list of the "100 Greatest Britons" following a UK-wide vote. In 2006, Logie Baird was also named as one of the 10 greatest Scottish scientists in history, having been listed in the National Library of Scotland`s `Scottish Science Hall of Fame`. The "Baird" brand name was first owned by Thorn-EMI and is now owned and used by the Brighthouse retail chain in the UK for its own brand televisions.