Constantin Senlecq

Constantin Senlecq (Fauquembergues, 1842 - Ardres, 1934) was a French scientist and inventor who is credited with the invention of telectroscope. He worked independently of the American inventor George R. Carey, who came up with a similar idea at approximately the same time ( 1877–1880) . Telectroscope was the first prototype television. It used the photoconductive properties of selenium to transmit image .

House or real-life experience and died, Constantin Senlecq - Ardres, France.
House of Constantin Senlecq - Commemorative tablet.

References

Constantin SENLECQ, Le télectroscope, Typographie D'Homont, Saint-Omer, 1881.

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