Utah School Children Won Recognition for Philo T. Farnsworth

History Blazer, November 1995 One can little imagine the world without television. Its impact can be felt everywhere. Yet few people today know who the “Father of Television” is or that he came from Utah. In 1971 when Philo T. Farnsworth died he had still received little recognition for his contribution, the first modern electronic television. Farnsworth was born in …