Philo Farnsworth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American inventor
Date of Birth: 19-Aug-1906
Place of Birth: Utah, United States
Date of Death: 11-Mar-1971
Profession: inventor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Philo Farnsworth
- Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor and television pioneer.
- He made many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.
- He is best known for his 1927 invention of the first fully functional all-electronic image pickup device (video camera tube), the image dissector, as well as the first fully functional and complete all-electronic television system.
- Farnsworth developed a 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–Hirsch fusor, employing inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC).
- It was not a practical device for generating nuclear power, though it provides a viable source of neutrons.
- The design of this device has been the inspiration for other fusion approaches, including the Polywell reactor concept.
- Farnsworth held 300 patents, mostly in radio and television.
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