The inventor of television, Philo Farnsworth (pictured here with his beloved wife and collaborator Elma), is little known today, mainly because of his opposition to the machinations of Jewish mogul David Sarnoff.

by Melanie M. Carroll and Kevin Alfred Strom

AS WE MARK the end of analogue television broadcasting in the United States this year, and the beginning of the Internet video revolution, it’s good to remember the very beginning of the medium — and its inventor Philo Farnsworth. His wife Elma “Pem” Farnsworth, who worked closely with her husband, died just a few years ago, in 2006.

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