Philo Farnsworth
In September 1963, the U.S. Post Office issued a block of stamps honoring American inventors. Charles Steinmetz for his electrical theories, Edwin Armstrong for frequency modulation, Nikola Tesla for the induction motor, and our honoree, Philo T. Farnsworth for the first television camera.
Born August 19, 1906, in Beaver, Utah, Farnsworth was educated in the Utah and Idaho public schools. While studying at Rigby High School in 1921, he began to delve into the molecular theory of matter, electrons, the Einstein Theory, automobile engines and chemistry. In 1922 he perfected a practical system of television broadcasting, the cathode-ray tube or dissector tube, for which he later received patents and recognition as an inventor of television. When he died in 1971 at the age of 64, he held over 300 U.S. and foreign patents which made possible today's television industry. Rigby, Idaho has a museum dedicated to Mr. Farnsworth and his life’s work. When you drive through Rigby you can see their signs proclaiming it the "Birthplace of Television." Philo Farnsworth was inducted into the Idaho's Hall of Fame in August 1995. by Dee Klenck |
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