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Joseph Timchenko

Joseph Tymchenko
Born26 April 1852 (1852-04-26)
Died20 May 1924 (1924-05-21) (aged 72)
OccupationInventor

Joseph Andriyovych Tymchenko (April 26, 1852 – May 20, 1924) — Ukrainian inventor and mechanic.[1][2][3] He invented a type of a film camera.[4]

Joseph Tymchenko was born on April 26, 1852 in the village of Okop, Kharkov Governorate.[5]

He graduated from a church school. Then he was sent to the mechanical institution of Kharkov University.[5]

A street in Odesa was named in his honor in 2016.[6]

Recognition and awards

  • 1882 - Silver medal at the 15th All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Moscow;
  • 1884 - Gold medal at the Agricultural and Factory Exhibition in Odessa;
  • 1886 - Gold medal at the Bessarabian Exhibition of Agriculture and Industry in Kishinev;
  • 1896 - Gold medal at the 16th All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod;
  • 1900 - Knight of the Order of St. Stanislaus, 3rd class;
  • 1902 - Gold medal and 1st prize at the International Fisheries Exhibition in St. Petersburg;
  • 1910 - Silver medal at the Art and Industrial Exhibition in Odessa.

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