Samuel Morse
Inventor
1791 – 1872
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Who was Samuel Morse?
Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American painter and inventor. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of the Morse code, and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.
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- Born
- Apr 27, 1791
Charlestown, Boston - Also known as
- Samuel Finley Breese Morse
- Samuel F. B. Morse
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Elizabeth Griswold
(1848/08/10 - 1872/04/02) - Lucretia Walker
(1818/09/29 - 1825/02/07)
- Elizabeth Griswold
- Children
- Religion
- Unitarian Universalism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Phillips Academy
(1800 - ) - Royal Academy of Arts
Art
(1811 - 1815) - Yale College
(1805 - 1810)
- Phillips Academy
- Lived in
- Boston
- Poughkeepsie
- Died
- Apr 2, 1872
New York City - Resting place
- Green-Wood Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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