This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (April 2019) |
Alexander Poliakoff OBE (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ио́сифович Поляко́в; 20 August 1910 – 26 July 1996) was a Russian-born British electronics engineer, inventor and businessman, and the chairman of Multitone Electronics for over 40 years.
Alexander Poliakoff | |
|---|---|
| Born | Aleksandr Iosifovich Polyakov 20 August 1910 Losino-Ostrovskaya, near Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Died | 26 July 1996 (aged 85) London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Electronics engineer, inventor, businessman |
| Known for | Chairman of Multitone Electronics for over 40 years |
| Spouse | Ina Montagu |
| Children | Sir Martyn Poliakoff Stephen Poliakoff |
| Parent | Joseph Poliakoff |
Poliakoff was born in 1910 at his parents' country house at Losino-Ostrovskaya, near Moscow, the only son of Joseph Poliakoff, a Russian-Jewish telephone and sound engineer and inventor, and Flora Shabbat, the granddaughter of a textile millionaire.[1] He was of Jewish descent.[2]
In 1937, Poliakoff married Ina Montagu (died 1992), granddaughter of the British-Jewish banker Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling.[1] Their elder son is the chemist Sir Martyn Poliakoff, and their younger son is the playwright Stephen Poliakoff.
He was appointed OBE in the 1982 New Year Honours.[1]
His reminiscences were published in The Silver Samovar - Atlantida Press 1996 (ISBN 5-88011-013-3)
References
edit- ^ a b c Jeanne Vronskaya (30 July 1996). "Obituary: Alexander Poliakoff". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 November 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ Poliakoff, Stephen (28 May 2008). "Ringside at the revolution". The Guardian.