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Philo Farnsworth
Philo Farnsworth (1906-1971) was an American inventor who created the world's first fully electronic television system and developed the image dissector, the first electronic camera tube. He conceived the principle of electronic television at age fourteen and built a working system by twenty-one. He won the patent war against RCA but never reaped commercial rewards. He held approximately 300 patents in his lifetime, including the Fusor nuclear fusion device.
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