Elma Farnsworth, who died Thursday at 97, was the wife and main assistant to Philo Farnsworth, the man generally credited with the invention of television. The invention came in 1927, when Elma, ...

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 conceived a ...

Philo T. Farnsworth (middle), the first inventor to demonstrate an electric television, discusses the difficulties of securing patents with his company secretary, George Everson (right), and Richard C ...

For fans of “A Few Good Men” and “The West Wing,” the next show at ACTORS theater is “must-see TV.” Aaron Sorkin, the creator of those two popular productions, is also the mastermind of “The ...

The plant of the Farnsworth Television & Radio Corp. in Fort Wayne, Ind. was about as lonesome as a haunted house. Production had virtually stopped, employment was down from 2,500 to a skeleton crew ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Elma Gardner "Pem" Farnsworth, who helped her husband, Philo T. Farnsworth, develop the television and was among the first people whose images were transmitted on TV, has died at age ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - “The Farnsworth Invention” is a fictionalized account about the true story of inventor of the television, Philo Farnsworth. A young self-taught genius from Idaho driven by a ...

WASHINGTON — NASA Television has been honored with a Primetime Emmy Award by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The 2009 Philo T. Farnsworth Award recognizes the agency for engineering ...