Farnsworth
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Farnsworth may refer to:
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[edit] Places
- The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine
- Farnsworth House (disambiguation), various places
- 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
- Farnsworth, Texas, a community in the Texas Panhandle
- Farnsworth Metropark, a Metropark located near Toledo, OH
[edit] People
- Bill Farnsworth, Australian rugby league footballer (brother of Viv)
- Charles S. Farnsworth, American general in World War I, Chief of Infantry
- Christopher Farnsworth, American novelist and screenwriter
- David Farnsworth, a Colonial Era counterfeiter
- Dr. Dean Farnsworth, developer of the Farnsworth Lantern Test, used to screen for color blindness
- E. Allan Farnsworth, American legal scholar
- Elizabeth Farnsworth, correspondent and former anchor at the PBS NewsHour[pple 1]
- Elon Farnsworth Michigan Attorney General
- Elon J. Farnsworth, United States (Union) cavalry commander in the American Civil War
- John Semer Farnsworth, A US Navy Officer convicted of spying for Japan from 1932–1934
- Kyle Farnsworth, an American baseball player for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Philo Farnsworth, American inventor of the electronic television camera
- Richard Farnsworth, American actor
- Viv Farnsworth, Australian rugby league footballer (brother of Bill)
- ^ "Elizabeth Farnsworth". PBS NewsHour. PBS. 15 Sept 2010. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/aboutus/bio_farnsworth.html. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
[edit] Fictional characters
- Hubert J. Farnsworth is a Professor character in the television series Futurama, named after Philo Farnsworth
- Cubert Farnsworth, Hubert J. Farnsworth's 12-year old clone (also from the television series Futurama)
- Astrid Farnsworth, a special agent in the television series Fringe
- Jerry Farnsworth and his family, characters in Robert A. Heinlein's novel Job: A Comedy of Justice
- Rudolph Farnsworth is a Kim Possible villain
- Oliver V. Farnsworth, an attorney from The Man Who Fell to Earth
- A diesel engine named Farnsworth in the 1991 movie The Little Engine that Could
[edit] 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
- The Farnsworth communicator in Warehouse 13
- The Farnsworth Lantern Test, used to screen for color blindness
- Farnworth (surname), information on the surname
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