Samuel Morse

Samuel Morse
Morse in 1866
Born	(1791-04-27)April 27, 1791 Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	April 2, 1872(1872-04-02) (aged 80) New York City, U.S.
Resting place	Green-Wood Cemetery, New York City
Education	Phillips Academy Yale College Royal Academy of Arts
Occupations	Inventor painter
Known for	Morse code
Spouses	Lucretia Pickering Walker ​ ​ (m. 1818; died 1825)​ Sarah Elizabeth Griswold ​ ​ (m. 1848)​
Children	7
Parents	Jedidiah Morse Elizabeth Ann Finley Breese
Relatives	Sidney Edwards Morse (brother)
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Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) 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 of Morse code in 1837 and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.