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Samuel Morse

United States inventor (Morse code)

Died when: 80 years 341 days (971 months)
Star Sign: Taurus

 

Samuel Morse

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.

He was a co-developer of Morse code and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.


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