Philo Taylor Farnsworth Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Farnsworth and his team produced the first all-electronic TV picture on 7 September, 1927. At 14, while plowing on the family farm, he was inspired by looking at the harrow lines in the field he had just completed. From there, the concept developed of magnetically deflecting electrons in rows across a screen to create an image. He told his first ...
March 11, 1971, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Place Of Birth
Beaver, Utah, USA
Profession
Inventor
Education
Brigham Young University, United States Naval Academy, Rigby High School
Nationality
American
Spouse
Pem Gardner Farnsworth
Children
Kenneth Farnsworth, Philo T. Farnsworth III, Kent Farnsworth, Russell Farnsworth
Parents
Lewis Edwin Farnsworth, Serena Amanda Bastian Farnsworth
Siblings
Lincoln Farnsworth, Ronald Farnsworth, Agnes Farnsworth, Laura Farnsworth, Carl Farnsworth
Star Sign
Leo
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Quote
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"The damned thing works!" - Telegram to one of his backers on September 7, 1927, the day Farnsworth transmitted the image of a horizontal line to a receiver in the adjacent room of his San Francisco laboratory.
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Fact
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On April 27, 2006 his widow Elma died at her Bountiful, Utah home and was buried beside him in Provo, Utah.
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His invention of television was premiered on 25 August 1934 at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His competitor, RCA, premiered their improved television system at the 1939 New York World's Fair. At the same fair General Motors presented its Futurama exhibit which portrayed a city of tomorrow (i.e., 1960). On the television show, Futurama (1999), the character Hubert J. Farnsworth is said to be named after Philo Farnsworth.
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The panel on I've Got a Secret (1952) was unable to guess his true identity. For stumping them, Farnsworth took home $80 and a carton of the sponsor's cigarettes.
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Pictured on a 20¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, 21 September 1983. One of a block of 4 celebrating famous electrical engineers; Edwin H. Armstrong was also honored.
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Children: Philo, Kenneth, Russell, Kent.
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Inventor of the electronic system of television that revolutionized the world.
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Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1984.
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