This biography tells the story of Philo Farnsworth, the inventor of television. It chronicles his early life, his struggles to perfect the technology, and his eventual success in creating the world's first electronic television system. It also looks at the impact his invention had
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Philo Taylor Farnsworth 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.