Hugo Gernsback

Hugo Gernsback
Gernsback portrait by Fabian, date unknown
Born	Hugo Gernsbacher (1884-08-16)August 16, 1884 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Died	August 19, 1967(1967-08-19) (aged 83) New York City, U.S.
Occupations	Inventor magazine publisher editor writer
Writing career
Pen name	Beno Ruckshagg, Erno Shuckbagg, Grace G. Hucksnob, Grego Banshuck, Greno Gashbuck, Gus N. Habergock, Kars Gugenchob
Period	1911–1967 (fiction)
Genre	Science fiction

Gernsback demonstrating his television goggles in 1963 for Life magazine

Gernsback watching a television broadcast by his station WRNY on the cover of his Radio News (November 1928)

Hugo Gernsback (/ˈɡɜːrnzbæk/; born Hugo Gernsbacher, Luxembourgish: [ˈɡɛʁnsbɑχɐ], August 16, 1884 – August 19, 1967) was a Luxembourgish American editor and magazine publisher whose publications included the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. For his significant contributions to the science fiction genre as publisher, he is often referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction", along with the novelists Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. In his honor, annual awards presented at the World Science Fiction Convention are named the "Hugos".

Gernsback emigrated to the U.S. in 1904 and later became a citizen. He was also a significant figure in the electronics and radio industries, even starting a radio station, WRNY, and the world's first magazine about electronics and radio, Modern Electrics. Gernsback died in New York City in 1967.