Samuel Morse
(1791-1872)
United States painter and inventor
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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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Samuel Finley Breese Morse 27 April 1791 Charlestown, Massachusetts (now USA)
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2 April 1872 (aged 80) 5 West 22nd Street, New York City, New York
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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