About a month and a half ago, Egbert "Bert" Praetorius, a former video engineer who invented the video rewind, passed away at 90. His grandson Matt Radigan has provided Wired.com with an old newspaper article about Praetorius, recognizing the engineer for his achievement in discovering how to play video in reverse smoothly.

The article says Preatorius, a Wpix engineer, won the "highest suggestion award," rewarding him $350. The Suggestion Committee called Praetorius' invention a "significant technical innovation in television," which, at the time, was being quickly adopted by TV shows.

The article includes other inventors who received prizes as well.

Article Download Link (Thanks, Matt!)