Holography was invented in 1948 by Hungarian scientist Dennis Gabor, who won a Nobel Prize for his work. The concepts of the hologram were discovered by mistake all the way back in 1948.

When did hologram start?

Holography dates from 1947, when British (native of Hungary) scientist Dennis Gabor developed the theory of holography while working to improve the resolution of an electron microscope. Gabor coined the term hologram from the Greek words holos, meaning "whole," and gramma, meaning "message".

Who first invented holograms?

The Hungarian Dennis Gabor, who invented the hologram, explained his discovery in simple terms in this article published in 1948: "The purpose of this work is a new method for forming optical images in two stages.