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While at college, Baird undertook a series of engineering apprentice jobs as part of his course. The conditions in industrial Glasgow at the time helped form his socialist convictions but also contributed to his ill health.
The Rev John Baird was son of James Baird (1801–1888), and brought up at his father’s farm, Sunny Brae, in the Camelon area just a mile or two north-west of Falkirk. He had a brilliant academic career at Falkirk Grammar School, graduated as Bachelor of Divinity at Glasgow Univeristy in 1867, and became minister at the newly-formed West ...
While he represented his homeland of Scotland as a player at the youth levels, Baird also had an opportunity in the British Virgin Islands. “In 2008 I went to BVI to train with the national team and played in a small competition under coach Nabu Vicent.
Baird graduated from the Royal Technical College in Glasgow – now Strathclyde University – soon after the outbreak of the First World War. Because of chronic ill-health, which was to plague him throughout his life, he was not accepted for military service.
Overview. John Logie Baird. (1888—1946) television engineer. Quick Reference. (1888–1946) British inventor. Baird, who was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, studied electrical engineering at the Royal Technical College in Glasgow and then went to Glasgow University.
Apr 2, 2014 · After completing his primary schooling, Baird studied electrical engineering at the Royal Technical College in Glasgow. However, his studies were interrupted with the outbreak of World...
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Dec 28, 2020 · James received his early education at the parish school of Old Monkland, and, the circumstances of the family having improved, passed a short time at the university of Glasgow (Scotsman, 21 June 1876).
