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Philo Farnsworth
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American inventor (1906–1971)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1900
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Adaptation processes in public school systems
- Adaptation processes in public school systems as illustrated by a study of five selected innovations in educational service in New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 9
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Cancer Chemopreventive Activity of Resveratrol, a Natural Product Derived from Grapes
· 1997 · cited 3,995x
- The Loss of Species: Mangrove Extinction Risk and Geographic Areas of Global Concern
· 2010 · cited 1,064x
- The eBird enterprise: An integrated approach to development and application of citizen science
· 2014 · cited 992x
- Anal human papillomavirus infection and associated neoplastic lesions in men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis
· 2012 · cited 855x
- Structure and Adsorption Characteristics of Clean Surfaces of Germanium and Silicon
· 1959 · cited 832x
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Quotes
- “This has made it all worthwhile. (The live televised first step by Neil Armstrong on the moon.)”
- “There’s nothing on it worthwhile, and we’re not going to watch it in this household, and I don’t want it in your intellectual diet. (to his son, on television)”
- “The damned thing works! (telegram, on the first successful television broadcast)”
- “If it weren’t for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we’d still be eating frozen radio dinners.”
- “I wish there was a knob on the TV so you could turn up the intelligence. They got one marked “brightness” but it don’t work, does it?”
- “I find television to be very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go in the other room and read a book.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1906-08-19 ) August 19, 1906, Beaver, Utah , U.S.
- Died
- ( 1971-03-11 ) March 11, 1971 (aged 64), Holladay, Utah , U.S.
- Resting place
- Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah , U.S.
- Occupation
- Scientist
- Employers
- Philco Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation International Telephone and Telegraph
- Known for
- Inventor of the first fully electronic television; over 169 United States and foreign patents
- Spouse
- Elma "Pem" Gardner (1908–2006)
- Children
- 4 sons
- Relatives
- Agnes Ann Farnsworth (sister)
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Encyclopedic overview
Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor who was granted the first patent for the television by the United States government. He also invented a video camera tube and the image dissector. He sold a fully functioning television system—complete with receiver and camera—which he produced commercially through the Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation from 1938 to 1951, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
In later life, Farnsworth invented a small nuclear fusion device, the Farnsworth Fusor, employing inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC). Like many fusion devices, it was not a practical device for generating nuclear power, although it provides a viable source of neutrons. The design of this device has been the inspiration for other fusion approaches, including the Polywell reactor concept. Farnsworth held 300 patents, mostly in radio and television.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Philo Farnsworth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.