As per our current Database, Philo Farnsworth has been died on Mar 11, 1971 (age 64).
When Philo Farnsworth die, Philo Farnsworth was 64 years old.
Popular As | Philo Farnsworth |
Occupation | Engineer |
Age | 64 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Leo |
Born | August 19, 1906 (Beaver, UT) |
Birthday | August 19 |
Town/City | Beaver, UT |
Nationality | UT |
Philo Farnsworth’s zodiac sign is Leo. According to astrologers, people born under the sign of Leo are natural born leaders. They are dramatic, creative, self-confident, dominant and extremely difficult to resist, able to achieve anything they want to in any area of life they commit to. There is a specific strength to a Leo and their "king of the jungle" status. Leo often has many friends for they are generous and loyal. Self-confident and attractive, this is a Sun sign capable of uniting different groups of people and leading them as one towards a shared cause, and their healthy sense of humor makes collaboration with other people even easier.
Philo Farnsworth was born in the Year of the Horse. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Horse love to roam free. They’re energetic, self-reliant, money-wise, and they enjoy traveling, love and intimacy. They’re great at seducing, sharp-witted, impatient and sometimes seen as a drifter. Compatible with Dog or Tiger.
Electrical Engineer who created several key components that made the first televisions possible. His firm, the Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation, produced his electronic television system commercially from 1938 to 195.
An avid reader of Popular Science magazine in his youth, he managed by his teenage years to wire the family's house for electricity.
He achieved his first television transmission at the age of 21, but the images were too bright and too hot, and he spent the next few years refining his process.
He grew up near the town of Beaver in southwestern Utah, his father a follower of the Brigham Young, who lived in a log cabin built by his own father.
He based a lot of his research on the work done by John Logie Baird, another great contributor to television Technology.