- Born
- Died
- Birth namePhilo Taylor Farnsworth
- Nickname
- The Father of Television
- 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 serious girlfriend about this idea, and she responded by promptly dumping him. After regaining his confidence, he took another girl, Elma (who he eventually married) on a horseback ride to the nearby Bridal Veil Falls, where he again confided his concept of electronic imagery. Elma expressed her belief in him and offered to assist in any way. And she did, by doing laboratory work and keeping Philo's patent books current.
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- SpouseElma Farnsworth(May 27, 1926 - March 11, 1971) (his death, 4 children)
- 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.
- Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1984.
- Inventor of the electronic system of television that revolutionized the world.
- Children: Philo, Kenneth, Russell, Kent.
- 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.
- "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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