Samuel Morse

Samuel Morse
Morse in 1866
Born(1791-04-27)April 27, 1791
Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedApril 2, 1872(1872-04-02) (aged 80)
Resting placeGreen-Wood Cemetery, New York City
Education
Occupations
  • Inventor
  • painter
Known forMorse code
Spouses
  • Lucretia Pickering Walker
    (m. 1818; died 1825)
  • Sarah Elizabeth Griswold
    (m. 1848)
Children7
Parents
RelativesSidney 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.