Editing Philo Farnsworth (section)

==Legacy==

=== Honors ===
* In 1967, Farnsworth was issued an honorary degree by Brigham Young University, which he had briefly attended after graduating from Brigham Young High School.<ref name="Utah-bio" />
* In 2006, Farnsworth was posthumously presented the [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]] award when it was discovered he had earned it but had never been presented with it. The award was presented to his wife, Pem, who died four months later.<ref name="eagletter">{{cite journal |date=Fall 2006 |title=TV Pioneer Recognized as Eagle Scout |url=https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2017/06/08/philo-farnsworth-inventor-of-modern-tv-was-an-eagle-scout/ |url-status=dead |journal=Eagletter |volume=32 |issue=2 |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608173609/https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2017/06/08/philo-farnsworth-inventor-of-modern-tv-was-an-eagle-scout/ |archive-date=June 8, 2017 |access-date=June 8, 2017}}</ref>
* Farnsworth was posthumously inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philo Farnsworth |url=http://www.broadcastpioneers.com/philofarnsworth.html |access-date=September 5, 2018 |website=Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia}}</ref>
* He was inducted into the [[Television Academy Hall of Fame]] in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorees |url=http://www.emmys.com/awards/hall-of-fame-honorees |access-date=September 5, 2018 |website=Television Academy Hall of Fame |language=en}}</ref>
* He is recognized in the Hall of Fame of the Indiana Broadcast Pioneers—which notes that, in addition to his inventive accomplishments, his company owned and operated WGL radio in Fort Wayne, Indiana.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indiana Broadcast Pioneers – We're archiving Indiana media history |url=http://www.indianabroadcastpioneers.org/?q=hall-of-fame/philo-t-farnsworth |access-date=March 31, 2017 |publisher=Indiana Broadcast Pioneers}}</ref>

=== Memorials ===
[[File:Farnsworth ldac.jpg|thumb|Statue of Philo T. Farnsworth at the Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco, California ]]
[[File:Flickr - USCapitol - Philo T. Farnsworth Statue.jpg|thumb|Statue of Philo T. Farnsworth formerly at the National Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol (replaced in 2024) ]]
* A bronze [[Statue of Philo Farnsworth|statue]] of Philo T. Farnsworth represented the U.S. state of Utah formerly in the [[National Statuary Hall]], located inside of the [[United States Capitol|U.S. Capitol]], since 1990. On the January 28, 2018, despite there being an extended debate and also a over sizable public opposition against the decision, the [[Utah State Legislature]] still voted to replace it with a [[Statue of Martha Hughes Cannon (U.S. Capitol)|statue]] of [[Martha Hughes Cannon]]. As of December 11, 2024, the Martha Hughes Cannon statue was gifted by the state of Utah and officially unveiled in the U.S. Capitol’s National Statuary Hall at the Emancipation Hall of the [[United States Capitol Visitor Center]], Standing along in addition with the [[Statue of Brigham Young|statue]] of [[Brigham Young|Brigham young]], with the two statues representing the state of Utah.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-12 |title=Martha Hughes Cannon statue installed in U.S. Capitol's Emancipation Hall |url=https://www.deseret.com/politics/2024/12/11/martha-hughes-cannon-statue-installed-in-capitol/ |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=Deseret News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Weaver |first=Jennifer |date=April 4, 2018 |title=Statue of Dr. Martha Hughes Cannon heads to U.S. Capitol |url=https://kutv.com/news/local/statue-of-dr-martha-hughes-cannon-heads-to-us-capitol |access-date=September 5, 2018 |publisher=[[KUTV]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Senate approves replacing Utah's D.C. statue of TV inventor Philo T. Farnsworth with Martha Hughes Cannon |url=https://www.sltrib.com/news/2018/01/29/bill-to-replace-utah-statue-of-tv-inventor-philo-farnsworth-with-martha-hughes-cannon-passes-senate |access-date=July 6, 2019 |publisher=Salt Lake Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Return Farnsworth statue to Capitol, urges former Ridgecrest principal |url=https://www.cottonwoodheightsjournal.com/2018/05/08/172882/return-farnsworth-statue-to-capitol-urges-former-ridgecrest-principal |access-date=July 6, 2019 |publisher=Cottonwood Heights Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 4, 2018 |title=Family of Television Inventor Criticizes Decision to Remove Statue in Washington D.C |url=https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Family-of-TV-Inventor-Criticizes-Decision-to-Remove-Statue-in-Washington-DC-481698061.html |access-date=July 6, 2019 |publisher=NBC Universal Television}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Philo T. Farnsworth |url=https://www.aoc.gov/art/national-statuary-hall-collection/philo-t-farnsworth |access-date=September 5, 2018 |website=Architect of the Capitol |language=en}}</ref>
* Another statue sits inside the [[Utah State Capitol]], in Salt Lake City.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/13177 |title=Visitor Tips and News About Statue of Philo Farnsworth, Inventor of TV |publisher=Roadsideamerica.com |access-date=July 5, 2012 }}</ref>
* A [[Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission]] marker located at 1260 E. Mermaid Lane, [[Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania]], commemorates Farnsworth's television work there in the 1930s. The Plaque reads "Inventor of electronic television, he led some of the first experiments in live local TV broadcasting in the late 1930s from his station W3XPF located on this site. A pioneer in electronics, Farnsworth held many patents and was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-3A6 |title=Philo T. Farnsworth (1906–1971) Historical Marker |website=Explore PA History |publisher=[[WITF-TV]] |access-date=September 5, 2018 |archive-date=March 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320044731/http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-3A6 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* On September 15, 1981, a plaque honoring Farnsworth as ''The Genius of Green Street'' was placed on the 202 Green Street location ({{coord|37.80037|-122.40251|display=inline}}) of his research laboratory in San Francisco by the California State Department of Parks and recreation.<ref name="sfmuseum" />
* In October 2008, the [[Letterman Digital Arts Center]] in San Francisco installed a statue of Farnsworth sculpted by Lawrence Noble in front of its D building.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/08/us/08bcintel.html |title=Philo T. Farnsworth Statue |last=Wright |first=Andy |date=May 8, 2011 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=September 5, 2018 |language=en }}</ref>
* A plaque honoring Farnsworth is located next to his former home at 734 E. State Blvd, in a historical district on the southwest corner of E. State and St. Joseph Blvds in Fort Wayne, Indiana.<ref>{{cite news |author=Rosa Salter Rodriguez |url=http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20090712/FEAT/307129939/1162 |title=Dwelling on accomplishments |newspaper=The Journal Gazette |date=July 12, 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2012 |archive-date=September 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905215016/http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20090712/FEAT/307129939/1162 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Farnsworth is one of the inventors honored with a plaque in the [[Walt Disney World]]'s "Inventor's Circle" in Future World West in [[Epcot|EPCOT]].<ref name="The shoulders of giants">{{cite web|url=http://www.mainstgazette.com/2009/07/shoulders-of-giants.html |title= The shoulders of giants |newspaper=Main Street Gazette |date=July 16, 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2012 }}</ref>
* A 1983 United States postage stamp honored Farnsworth.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://usstampgallery.com/view.php?id=07bc689729c9e87200f5721e132f48b9d6f02e6b |title=Philo T. Farnsworth |website=US Stamp Gallery |access-date=September 5, 2018 }}</ref>
* On January 10, 2011, Farnsworth was inducted by Mayor [[Gavin Newsom]] into the newly established San Francisco Hall of Fame, in the science and technology category.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2011/01/11/newsom-establishes-a-sf-hall-of-fame/ |title=Newsom establishes a SF Hall of Fame |last=Nolte |first=Carl |date=January 11, 2011 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |access-date=September 5, 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=September 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905215046/https://blog.sfgate.com/cityinsider/2011/01/11/newsom-establishes-a-sf-hall-of-fame/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Farnsworth's television-related work, including an original TV tube he developed, are on display at the Farnsworth TV & Pioneer Museum in Rigby, Idaho.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.eastidahonews.com/2017/12/farnsworth-tv-pioneer-museum-brings-visitors-near-far/ |title=Farnsworth TV and Pioneer Museum brings visitors near and far |last=Snider |first=Carrie |date=December 10, 2017 |work=East Idaho News |access-date=September 5, 2018 |language=en-US }}</ref>

===Things named after Farnsworth===
* The [[Philo T. Farnsworth Award]] is one of the [[Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards]] given to honor companies and organizations that have significantly affected the state of television and broadcast engineering over a long period of time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/awards/emmys/engineering-emmys |title=Engineering Emmy Awards |website=Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |language=en |access-date=September 5, 2018 }}</ref>
* The Philo Awards (officially Philo T. Farnsworth Awards, not to be confused with the one above) is an annual [[public-access television]] [[cable TV]] competition within the Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Michigan region, where the winners receive notice for their efforts in various categories in producing community media.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mvcc.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82:mvcc-producers-win-big&catid=10&Itemid=292 |title=MVCC Producers Win Big |website=Miami Valley Communications Council |language=en |access-date=September 5, 2018 |archive-date=September 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905215301/http://www.mvcc.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=82:mvcc-producers-win-big&catid=10&Itemid=292 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[Philo (company)|Philo]], a streaming television provider based in San Francisco, California where his lab was located, is named for Farnsworth.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865692802/This-new-TV-streaming-service-is-named-after-a-legendary-Utahn.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115210942/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865692802/This-new-TV-streaming-service-is-named-after-a-legendary-Utahn.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 15, 2017|title=This New TV Streaming Service is Named After a Legendary Utahn|date=November 15, 2017|website=[[Deseret News]]|access-date=March 16, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Farnsworth Peak]] on the northern end of the [[Oquirrh Mountains]], approximately 18 miles (29&nbsp;km) south west of Salt Lake City, Utah, is the location of many of the area's television and FM radio transmitters.<ref name="utaharc.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.utaharc.org/utah_atv/farnswth.html |title=A bit about Farnsworth Peak |access-date=April 30, 2008 |publisher=Utah Amateur Radio Club (UARC)}}</ref>
* The scenic "Farnsworth Steps" in San Francisco lead from Willard Street (just above Parnassus) up to Edgewood Avenue.<ref>{{cite web|last=Weekes|first= G.|title= San Francisco's Hidden Stairways
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* Several buildings and streets around rural [[Brownfield, Maine]] are named for Farnsworth as he lived there for some time.<ref name="db3-sql.staff.library.utah.edu"/>
* The Philo T. Farnsworth Elementary School of the Jefferson Joint School District in Rigby, Idaho (later becoming a middle school) is named in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://jeffersonsd251.org/our-schools/elementary-schools/farnsworth-elementary/ |title=Farnsworth Elementary – Jefferson Joint School District #251 |access-date=January 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127203136/https://jeffersonsd251.org/our-schools/elementary-schools/farnsworth-elementary/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://farnsworth.jeffersonsd251.org/ |title=Philo T. Farnsworth Elementary}}</ref>
* While Philo T. Farnsworth Elementary School in the Granite School District in West Valley City, Utah is named after his cousin by the same name who was a former school district administrator.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.graniteschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GSD_History.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.graniteschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/GSD_History.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Granite School District}}</ref>

===In popular culture===
* In "Cliff Gardner", the October 19, 1999 second episode of [[Aaron Sorkin]]'s television comedy ''[[Sports Night]]'', William H. Macy's character, Sam, delivers an extended monologue recounting Farnsworth's invention of television and the assistance provided to him by Cliff Gardner.{{fact|date=July 2022}}
* The eccentric broadcast engineer in the 1989 film ''[[UHF (film)|UHF]]'' is named Philo in tribute to Farnsworth.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://weirdal.com/archives/miscellaneous/ask-al/ |title=Ask Al |last=Yankovic |first=Weird Al  | author-link = Weird Al Yankovic|website="Weird Al" Yankovic Official Web Site |language=en |access-date=September 5, 2018 }}</ref>
* In "Levers, Beakmania, & Television", the November 14, 1992 season 1 episode of ''[[Beakman's World]]'', [[Paul Zaloom]] appears as the "guest scientist" Philo T. Farnsworth explaining his most notable invention.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lungs-beakmania-telephone/dp/B00LF9D86I |title=Beakman's World, Season 1 |website=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon.co.uk]] |access-date=September 5, 2018 }}</ref>
* A fictionalized representation of Farnsworth appears in Canadian writer Wayne Johnston's 1994 novel, ''Human Amusements''.  The main character in the novel appears as the protagonist in a television show that features Farnsworth as the main character.  In the show, an adolescent Farnsworth invents many different devices (television among them) while being challenged at every turn by a rival inventor.<ref>{{cite book|last=Johnston|first=Wayne|title=Human Amusements|date=July 1994|publisher=McClelland and Stewart}}</ref>
* The ''[[Futurama]]'' character [[Professor Farnsworth]], who first appeared in 1999, is named after and partially inspired by Philo Farnsworth,<ref name="Drawn">{{cite book|last=Booker|first=M. Keith|url=https://archive.org/details/drawntotelevisio0000book|title=Drawn to Television: Prime-Time Animation from the Flintstones to Family Guy|date=2005|publisher=Praeger|isbn=0-275-99019-2|location=Santa Barbara, California|pages=[https://archive.org/details/drawntotelevisio0000book/page/115 115–124]|url-access=registration}}</ref> and in the episode "[[All the Presidents' Heads]]" was revealed to have descended from him.
* Farnsworth and the introduction of television are significant plot elements in ''Carter Beats the Devil'', a novel by [[Glen David Gold]] published in 2001 by Hyperion.{{fact|date=July 2022}}
* ''[[The Farnsworth Invention]]'', a stage play by [[Aaron Sorkin]] that debuted in 2007 after Sorkin adapted it from his unproduced screenplay, dramatized the conflict arising from Farnsworth's invention of TV and the alleged stealing of the design by [[David Sarnoff]] of RCA.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/109037.html |title=Aaron Sorkin's Farnsworth Invention to Open on Broadway in November |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626121651/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/109037.html |archive-date=June 26, 2007 |website=[[Playbill]] |date=June 21, 2007 }}</ref>
* The 2009 [[SyFy]] television series ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' features a video communicator called "The Farnsworth."  In the show's universe, this was designed by Philo Farnsworth.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cox| first=Greg |author-link=Greg Cox (writer) |title=Warehouse 13: A Touch of Fever |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YxDKo_0P1DQC&pg=PA13 |access-date=September 5, 2018 |year=2011 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9781451636574|page=13 }}</ref>
* In the video game ''[[Trenched]]'', renamed as ''Iron Brigade'', the main antagonist is a character named Vladimir Farnsworth, who created mechanical enemies known as "Tubes" that spread a deadly broadcast. This character name alludes to Philo Farnsworth and [[Vladimir K. Zworykin]], who invented the [[iconoscope]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-north/vladimir-zworykin_b_2852863.html |title=Channeling the Father of Television |last=North |first=Steve |date=March 11, 2013 |work=[[The Huffington Post]] |access-date=September 5, 2018 |language=en-US }}</ref>
* The 2009 animated film [[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (film)|''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'']] features an amateur inventor named Flint Lockwood, who idolizes notable inventors. On his bedroom walls are the images of [[Thomas Edison]] and Philo Farnsworth, among others.{{fact|date=July 2022}}