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Which American inventor filed the first patent for electronic television in 1927 at just 21 years old?
Answer
Philo Farnsworth
Philo Farnsworth, a self-taught inventor, filed his patent for an all-electronic television system in 1927 while living in a modest San Francisco boarding house.
💡 Did you know?
Philo Farnsworth, age 21, patented television (1927) while living in a San Francisco boarding house on $25/week salary.
Other options people guess
- Vladimir Zworykin
- John Logie Baird
- Charles Francis Jenkins
Topics
- inventions
- television
- 20th-century
- firsts
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