Many great tales of American achievement start with the hero’s birth in a log cabin, and Philo Taylor Farnsworth’s story starts just this way. His family lived in a cabin in Utah when he was ...

Born August 19, 1906, in a log cabin just a little north of Beaver, Philo Taylor Farnsworth was given a name shared by many in the family — so much so that it is vital to distinguish which Philo ...

Farnsworth’s academic career was cut short when his father died, and he dropped out to help his family, earning money by repairing radios. By 1926, the young genius had come to the attention of ...

Feb. 14: Utah on the verge of replacing Philo Farnsworth statue with Martha Hughes Cannon with House OK . By Taylor Stevens. In 1920, supporters of the women’s suffrage movement wore yellow ...

I was in fourth grade the first time I proudly told my friends that I was related to the inventor of television, Philo Taylor Farnsworth. (Yeah, I was a nerd.) They looked back with the same blank … ...

The date was Oct. 19, 1929, the location was 202 Green St. in San Francisco, and the woman was Pem Farnsworth, ... "Philo Taylor Farnsworth: Inventor of Television." ...

When he was six, towheaded Philo Taylor Farnsworth became so delighted with a toy dynamo that he solemnly declared he hoped he had been born an inventor. By 1921, when he was 15, Philo had ...

In London last week British Broadcasting Corp. and Baird Television Ltd. rushed preparations to open an experimental television station this month in Alexandra Palace atop a hill in North London.

Philo Taylor Farnsworth's secret was astonishing. He had invented television. Perhaps even more amazing, he had done it when he was a high school student in Rigby, Idaho in 1922.

Cathode-ray tube (CRT) TVs and monitors were a major influence on late 20th century home entertainment and business culture, but how do CRT screens work?