| Authorised form of name | Rainger; Peter (1924-2021); engineer |
| Dates | 1924-2021 |
| Nationality | British |
| Date of birth | 17 May 1924 |
| Date of death | 28 June 2021 |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Research field | Earth sciences |
| Environmental sciences |
| Mathematics |
| Materials Science |
| Engineering |
| Activity | Honours:
CBE 1978
Career:
Designs Department, British Broadcasting Corporation, London (1950); HDD (1969); Head of Research Department (1971); and Assistant Director of Engineering (1977); Deputy Director of Engineering, British Broadcasting Corporation, London (1979-1984);
Awards/Medals:
Royal Television Society’s Geoffrey Parr Award 1964
Emmy Award 1967
David Sarnoff Gold Medal 1972
Memberships:
Fellow of the Royal Television Society 1973 |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/03/1982 |
| Age at election | 57 |
| PublishedWorks | RCN 11463 |
| OtherInfo | Peter Rainger joined the Designs Department of the BBC in 1951 where he did pioneering work on television standards conversion by all electronic means. He has been Head of Designs and research departments and among other things has been involved in the application of digital techniques for transmission and studio applications.
He proposed the Teletext data broadcasting system and has many patents of general application. He has also been very active in professional and international committees of the IEE and the EBU, and was Chairman of the EBU Working Party V (New Technology). |
| Source | The Royal Society Fellows Directory, Mr Peter Rainger CBE FEng FRS, [URL: https://royalsociety.org/people/peter-rainger-12137/; last accessed: 07/05/2025]
BBCeng.info, Recollections of BBC engineering from 1922 to 1997, Deaths, [URL: https://www.bbceng.info/Deaths/deaths.htm; last accessed: 07/05/2025] |
| Code | NA4681 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1982/31 | Rainger, Peter: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1979 |
| IM/003719 | Rainger, Peter | 2000 |