Alexander Poliakoff

Alexander Poliakoff
OBE
Born
Aleksandr Iosifovich Polyakov

(1910-08-20)20 August 1910
Losino-Ostrovskaya, near Moscow, Russian Empire
Died26 July 1996(1996-07-26) (aged 85)
London, England
Occupation(s)Electronics engineer, inventor, businessman
Known forChairman of Multitone Electronics for over 40 years
SpouseIna Montagu
ChildrenSir Martyn Poliakoff
Stephen Poliakoff
ParentJoseph Poliakoff

Alexander Poliakoff OBE (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ио́сифович Поляко́в; 20 August 1910 – 26 July 1996) was a Russian-born British electronics engineer, inventor and businessman, and the chairman of Multitone Electronics for over 40 years.

Poliakoff was born in 1910 at his parents' country house at Losino-Ostrovskaya, near Moscow, the only son of Joseph Poliakoff, a Russian-Jewish telephone and sound engineer and inventor, and Flora Shabbat, the granddaughter of a textile millionaire.[1] He was of Jewish descent.[2]

In 1937, Poliakoff married Ina Montagu (died 1992), granddaughter of the British-Jewish banker Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling.[1] Their elder son is the chemist Sir Martyn Poliakoff, and their younger son is the playwright Stephen Poliakoff.

He was appointed OBE in the 1982 New Year Honours.[1]

His reminiscences were published in The Silver Samovar - Atlantida Press 1996 (ISBN 5-88011-013-3)

References

  1. ^ a b c Jeanne Vronskaya (30 July 1996). "Obituary: Alexander Poliakoff". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 November 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. ^ Poliakoff, Stephen (28 May 2008). "Ringside at the revolution". The Guardian.