Samuel Morse | |
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 Morse in 1866 | |
| Born | Samuel Finley Breese Morse April 27, 1791 Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | April 2, 1872 (aged 80) New York City, U.S. |
| Resting place | Green-Wood Cemetery, New York City 40°39′02″N 73°59′40″W / 40.650486°N 73.9943314°W |
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| Known for | Morse code |
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Lucretia Pickering Walker
(m. 1818; died 1825)Sarah Elizabeth Griswold
(m. 1848) |
| Children | 7 |
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| 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.