Samuel F. B. Morse
Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American inventor and painter. After establishing his reputation as a portrait painter, Morse, in his middle age, contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer and the namesake of Morse code in 1837 and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.
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- Born in
- Charlestown
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of ArtsYale College
- Awards
- 🏆 National Inventors Hall of Fame🏆 Knight of the Legion of Honour🏆 Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic🏆 knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus🏆 Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Dannebrog
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1791
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Birth1872
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