The Boy Who Invented TV - Philo Farnsworth
                     THE BOY 
WHO 
INVENTED 
TV: PHILO 
FARNSWORT
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INTRODUCTION
 Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 
11, 1971) was an American inventor and 
television pioneer. He made many crucial 
contributions to the early development of all-
electronic television.
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ALL-ELECTRONIC TELEVISION SYSTEM
 Farnsworth developed a 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.
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EARLY LIFE
 Farnsworth was born August 19, 1906, the eldest 
of five children of Lewis Edwin Farnsworth and 
Serena Amanda Bastian, a Latter-day Saint 
couple living in a small log cabin built by Lewis' 
father near Beaver, Utah. 
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FAMILY
 In 1918, the family moved to a relative's 240-acre (1.0 km2) 
ranch near Rigby, Idaho, where his father supplemented his 
farming income by hauling freight with his horse-drawn wagon. 
 Philo was excited to find that his new home was wired for 
electricity, with a Delco generator providing power for lighting 
and farm machinery. He was a quick student in mechanical and 
electrical technology, repairing the troublesome generator. 
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CAREER
 A few months after arriving in California, Farnsworth 
was prepared to show his models and drawings to a 
patent attorney who was nationally recognized as an 
authority on electro physics. 
 Everson and Gorrell agreed that Farnsworth should 
apply for patents for his designs, a decision that 
proved crucial in later disputes with RCA.
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INVENTIONS
ELECTRONIC TELEVISION
 He is best known for his 1927 invention of the 
first fully functional all-electronic image pickup 
device (video camera tube), the image dissector, 
as well as the first fully functional and complete 
all-electronic television system.
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FUSOR
 The Farnsworth–Hirsch fusor is an apparatus 
designed by Farnsworth to create nuclear fusion. 
Unlike most controlled fusion systems, which 
slowly heat a magnetically confined plasma, the 
fusor injects high-temperature ions directly into a 
reaction chamber, thereby avoiding a 
considerable amount of complexity.
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OTHER INVENTIONS
 At the time he died, Farnsworth held 300 U.S. 
and foreign patents. His inventions contributed 
to the development of radar, infra-red night 
vision devices, the electron microscope, the 
baby incubator, the gastroscope, and the 
astronomical telescope.
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HONORS
 In 1967, Farnsworth was issued an honorary degree by 
Brigham Young University, which he had briefly 
attended after graduating from Brigham Young High 
School.
 In 2006, Farnsworth was posthumously presented the 
Eagle Scout award when it was discovered he had 
earned it but had never been presented with it. The 
award was presented to his wife, Pem, who died four 
months later.
 Farnsworth was posthumously inducted into the 
Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame in 2006.
 He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of 
Fame in 2013.
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