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Raymond Vahan Damadian (Armenian: Ռայմոնտ Վահան Տամատեան) was born in New York City, to an Armenian family.[10] [11] [12] His father Vahan was a photoengraver who had immigrated from what is now Turkey, while his mother Odette (née Yazedjian) was an accountant.
MRI Scanner Mark One. The first MRI scanner to be built and used, in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in Scotland. The history of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) includes the work of many researchers who contributed to the discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and described the underlying physics of magnetic resonance imaging, starting early in the twentieth century.
Invention/discovery (date) Mesrop Mashtots: Kingdom of Armenia: Linguistics Armenian alphabet (c. 405) [1] [2] Georgian alphabet [3] [4] (c. 408; [5] disputed) Caucasian Albanian alphabet [6] [3] [4] (c. 422) [5] Ignacy Łukasiewicz [7] [8] Austrian Poland: Engineering, chemical First kerosene lamp (1853) [9] First oil refinery (1856) [10 ...
List of Armenian films; pre-1920; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; ... Armenian film at the Internet Movie Database; Armenian cinema This film-related ...
Armenian Canadian filmmaker Egoyan has devoted his own work to telling intricate tales of communities impacted by trauma, with acclaimed features such as “Exotica” and “The Sweet Hereafter.”
Ovanes Ohanian (Armenian: Հովհաննես Օհանյան, Persian: اوانس اوهانیانس; October 1896 – September 1960) was an Armenian-Iranian filmmaker, inventor, founder, doctor, scientist with PhD in medicine, film, [clarification needed] science [clarification needed] and languages.
Armenia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film [nb 1] since 2002. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. [3]
Mesrop Mashtots – invented the Armenian alphabet c. 405 AD, which was a fundamental step in strengthening Armenian national identity; Soukias Manasserian – engineer and inventor; Karen Manvelyan – biologist and environmentalist, director of the World Wildlife Fund in Armenia