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Philo Farnsworth

Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 - March 11, 1971) was an American inventor of the vacuum tube television display.

See also:

Farnsworth-Hirsch Fusor

External links

National Inventors Hall of Fame profile: http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/1_1_6_detail.asp?vInventorID=56
Philo Farnsworth photo archive: http://www.lib.utah.edu/spc/photo/p437/p437

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