Joseph Timchenko
Joseph Andriyovych Tymchenko — Ukrainian inventor and mechanic. He invented a type of a film camera.
Joseph Tymchenko was born on April 26, 1852 in the village of Okip, Kharkiv Governorate.
He graduated from a church school. Then he was sent to the mechanical institution of Kharkiv University.
A street in Odesa was named in his honor in 2016.
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 Odesa;
- 1886 - Gold medal at the Bessarabian Exhibition of Agriculture and Industry in Chișinău;
- 1889 - Silver medal at the Exposition Universelle;
- 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;
- 1900 - Gold medal at the Exposition Universelle;
- 1902 - Gold medal and 1st prize at the International Fisheries Exhibition in St. Petersburg;
- 1910 - Silver medal at the Art and Industrial Exhibition in Odesa.