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Cyril Hilsum, Who Helped Invent Flat-Panel Displays in TVs and iPhones, Has Died at 101

✇NYT - Technology
By: Michael S. Rosenwald
1 November 2026 at 10:00
The man who helped develop the technology for liquid crystal displays — the screens in flat-panel televisions and laptops — has died at 101.

© via Hilsum Family

Cyril Hilsum with a fellow scientist in England in 1966. Known as “the father of liquid crystals,” he helped develop the technology that allowed electronic screens to go from bulky to svelte.

Cyril Hilsum, Who Helped Invent Flat-Panel Displays in TVs and iPhones, Has Died at 101

✇NYT - Business
By: Michael S. Rosenwald
1 November 2026 at 10:00
The man who helped develop the technology for liquid crystal displays — the screens in flat-panel televisions and laptops — has died at 101.

© via Hilsum Family

Cyril Hilsum with a fellow scientist in England in 1966. Known as “the father of liquid crystals,” he helped develop the technology that allowed electronic screens to go from bulky to svelte.
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