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Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter. 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.
Samuel F.B. Morse (born April 27, 1791, Charlestown, Massachusetts, U.S.—died April 2, 1872, New York, New York) was an American painter and inventor who developed an electric telegraph (1832–35). In 1838 he and his friend Alfred Vail developed the Morse Code.
Sep 11, 2019 · Samuel F.B. Morse was an accomplished painter before he invented the telegraph and changed the way the world communicated.
Nov 9, 2009 · Learn how Samuel Morse and other inventors developed the electric telegraph and the Morse code in the 19th century. Find out how the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication and its impact on history and culture.
Apr 27, 2009 · Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791–April 2, 1872) is famous as the inventor of the telegraph and Morse Code, but what he really wanted to do was paint.
Learn how Morse developed his idea of using electricity to communicate over distance and overcame obstacles to build the first telegraph line in 1844. Explore articles, essays, and documents from the Library of Congress collection.
Samuel Finley Breese Morse, inventor of several improvements to the telegraph, was born in Charlestown, Mass. on April 27, 1791. As a student at Yale College, Morse became interested in both painting and in the developing subject of electricity.
