LOW

Low has been called the father of radio guidance systems due to his pioneering work on planes, torpedoes boats and guided rockets. He was a pioneer in many fields though, often leading the way for others, but his lack of discipline meant he hardly ever saw a project through, being easily distracted by new ideas. If not for this inability to see things to a conclusion, Low could well have been remembered as one of the great men of science. Many of his scientific contemporaries disliked him, due in part to his using the title professor, which he was not entitled to do as he did not occupy an academic chair. His love of the limelight and publicity probably also added to the dislike. Low was working on the invention of television before World War I and promoting its development through the 1920s.