File photo dated 1940 of John Logie Baird, pioneer of television, It is 125 years since the inventor of television was born, on August 13 1888. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday August 12, 2013. John Logie Baird, from Helensburgh in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland, was the first person to publicly demonstrate television on January 26 1926. See PA story HISTORY Baird. Photo credit should read: PA Wire ENGEMN00120131208112802