Farnsworth, Philo, << FY loh, >> Taylor (1906-1971), an American inventor, was a pioneer in television technology. While still a teen-ager, he created an electronic television system that was superior to the mechanical discs used experimentally at the time. At the age of 20, Farnsworth applied for a patent for an electronic television camera tube that became known as an image dissector. It created an image by producing an electronic signal that corresponded to the brightness of the objects being televised. Farnsworth demonstrated the image dissector in 1927.
In 1939, Radio Corporation of America (RCA) obtained a license from Farnsworth to produce electronic television transmission systems that combined his technology with theirs. Farnsworth later researched radar and nuclear energy. He was born on Aug. 19, 1906, in Beaver, Utah. He died on March 11, 1971. A statue of Farnsworth represents Utah in the Statuary Hall collection in Washington, D.C.
