Farnsworth

Farnsworth

Farnsworth may refer to:

Places

*The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine

*Farnsworth House, a house built by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

*Farnsworth Middle School, a middle school in Guilderland, New York

*Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth County Park, located in Altadena, California

*Farnsworth Peak - A mountain located west of Salt Lake City, Utah

People

*Charles S. Farnsworth, American general in World War I, Chief of Infantry

*Farnsworth Bentley, hip hop artist, entertainer, and fashion designer, and personal assistant to Sean Combs

*E. Allan Farnsworth, American legal scholar

*Elon Farnsworth, Michigan Attorney General

*Elon J. Farnsworth, United States (Union) cavalry commander in the American Civil War

*Kyle Farnsworth, an American baseball player for the Detroit Tigers.

*Philo Farnsworth, American inventor of the electronic television

*Richard Farnsworth, American actor

Fictional characters

*Jerry Farnsworth and his family, characters in Robert A. Heinlein's novel

*Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth is a character in the television series "Futurama", named after Philo Farnsworth

Other

*"The Farnsworth Invention" is a play by Aaron Sorkin.

*The Farnsworth-Hirsch Fusor, a nuclear fusion device invented by Philo Farnsworth

*the Farnsworth method of learning Morse Code


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