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Philo Farnsworth

1906 - 1971

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Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971), "The father of television", was the American inventor and pioneer 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 commercially produced and 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philo Farnsworth is the 237th most popular inventor (down from 177th in 2019), the 4,418th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,543rd in 2019) and the 62nd most popular American Inventor.

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Among inventors, Philo Farnsworth ranks 237 out of 426. Before him are Rodolphe Lindt, George Washington, Pavel Yablochkov, Fritz von Opel, John Wesley Hyatt, and Aurel Stodola. After him are Tivadar Puskás, Robert Whitehead, Aimo Lahti, Henry Maudslay, Alexander Parkes, and John Kemp Starley.

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Among people born in 1906, Philo Farnsworth ranks 168. Before him are Jørgen Juve, Jack Churchill, Buddhadasa, Jacques Pills, Charley Borah, and Flávio Costa. After him are Princess Anne of Orléans, H. C. Hansen, Pietro Serantoni, Robert Surtees, Renate Müller, and Knut Kroon. Among people deceased in 1971, Philo Farnsworth ranks 101. Before him are Antonio Bacci, Mikhail Yangel, James Waddell Alexander II, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, Koichi Kudo, and Fritz von Opel. After him are Dimitrios Loundras, Thomas E. Dewey, Aleksandr Tvardovsky, Broncho Billy Anderson, Péter Szondi, and Phil Edwards.

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Among people born in United States, Philo Farnsworth ranks 4,418 out of 20,380. Before him are Fritz Hollings (1922), Lydia Clarke (1923), Traci Lords (1968), Warren Weaver (1894), William Baumol (1922), and Charles Murray (1943). After him are Joe Pass (1929), Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), Jennifer Morrison (1979), Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893), Richard Carpenter (1946), and Charles Dillon Perrine (1867).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Philo Farnsworth ranks 62. Before him are Eunice Newton Foote (1819), Royal Rife (1888), Melvil Dewey (1851), Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878), Laurens Hammond (1895), and John Wesley Hyatt (1837). After him are Charles Martin Hall (1863), Marcian Hoff (1937), George Pullman (1831), Glenn Curtiss (1878), Michael S. Hart (1947), and Ray Dolby (1933).

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