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Television is one of the most influential inventions of all time, but it’s history is something like a made for TV movie. The movie stars a lone, brilliant scientist versus a corporate giant who will top for nothing to get what he wants. Farnsworth is the scientist, and Sarnoff is the corporate giant. Let me tell about each man. Philo Taylor Farnsworth was born August 19, 1906, near the town of Beaver in Southwestern Utah. His parents were Lewis Edwin and Serena Bastian Farnsworth. He was named after his grandfather who built the log cabin where he was born. Even as a small child he was interested in electronics. He would read everything he could about the subject. He became so knowledgeable about he subject that when his family moved to a ranch in Rigby, Idaho that he used the farms own power system to operate the family's washing machine, sewing machine, and barn lights. In high school he was advanced in math and science. Later his family was forced to move to Provo, Utah. Farnsworth attended a university for two years till his father died and he was forced to support the family. He worked in many different places till he finally met George Everson and Leslie Gorrell (Bio. Farnsworth). These two men were the ones who first offered to financially support Farnsworth idea of an image vacuum tube.
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