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Philo T. Farnsworth Net Worth



Philo Farnsworth net worth is
$13 Million

Philo Farnsworth Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Farnsworth and his team produced the first all-electronic TV picture on 7 September, 1927. At 14, while plowing on the family farm, he was inspired by looking at the harrow lines in the field he had just completed. From there, the concept developed of magnetically deflecting electrons in rows across a screen to create an image. He told his first ... 
Full NamePhilo Farnsworth
Net Worth$13 Million
Date Of BirthAugust 19, 1906
DiedMarch 11, 1971, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Place Of BirthBeaver, Utah, USA
ProfessionInventor
EducationBrigham Young University, United States Naval Academy, Rigby High School
NationalityAmerican
SpousePem Gardner Farnsworth
ChildrenKenneth Farnsworth, Philo T. Farnsworth III, Kent Farnsworth, Russell Farnsworth
ParentsLewis Edwin Farnsworth, Serena Amanda Bastian Farnsworth
SiblingsLincoln Farnsworth, Ronald Farnsworth, Agnes Farnsworth, Laura Farnsworth, Carl Farnsworth
IMDBhttp://imdb.com/name/nm0267905
Star SignLeo
#Quote
1"The damned thing works!" - Telegram to one of his backers on September 7, 1927, the day Farnsworth transmitted the image of a horizontal line to a receiver in the adjacent room of his San Francisco laboratory.
#Fact
1On April 27, 2006 his widow Elma died at her Bountiful, Utah home and was buried beside him in Provo, Utah.
2His invention of television was premiered on 25 August 1934 at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His competitor, RCA, premiered their improved television system at the 1939 New York World's Fair. At the same fair General Motors presented its Futurama exhibit which portrayed a city of tomorrow (i.e., 1960). On the television show, Futurama (1999), the character Hubert J. Farnsworth is said to be named after Philo Farnsworth.
3The panel on I've Got a Secret (1952) was unable to guess his true identity. For stumping them, Farnsworth took home $80 and a carton of the sponsor's cigarettes.
4Pictured on a 20¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, 21 September 1983. One of a block of 4 celebrating famous electrical engineers; Edwin H. Armstrong was also honored.
5Children: Philo, Kenneth, Russell, Kent.
6Inventor of the electronic system of television that revolutionized the world.
7Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1984.

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
I've Got a Secret1957TV SeriesHimself
Popular Science1939/IDocumentary shortHimself (uncredited)
Popular Science1935/IDocumentary shortHimself (uncredited)

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