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Guillermo González-Camarena
Guillermo González-Camarena
Guillermo González-Camarena
Born (1917-02-17)17 February 1917
Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico
Died 18 April 1965(1965-04-18) (aged 48)
Amozoc, Puebla, Mexico
Nationality Mexican
Education National Polytechnic Institute
Occupation Engineer
Spouse(s) María Antonieta Becerra Acosta
Parent(s) Sara Camarena, Arturo González
Engineering career
Discipline Electrical Engineer
Institutions The Guillermo González Camarena Foundation
Projects Chromoscopic 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. His parents were from the town of Arandas, Jalisco. He was the youngest of seven siblings. One of his brothers, Jorge González Camarena, is a famous Mexican muralist.

González Camarena graduated as an electrical engineer from the National Polytechnic Institute in Mexico City.

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.

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).

See also

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