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 an image.

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  House where Constantin Senlecq lived and died - Ardres, France.
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  House of Constantin Senlecq - Commemorative tablet.

References

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