Samuel Morse

Samuel Morse
Morse in 1866
Born	Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-04-27)April 27, 1791 Charlestown, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	April 2, 1872(1872-04-02) (aged 80) New York City, U.S.
Education	Yale College
Occupation(s)	Painter, inventor
Known for	The invention and transmission of Morse code
Spouses	Lucretia Pickering Walker Sarah Elizabeth Griswold
Children	7
Parents	Jedidiah Morse (father) Elizabeth Ann Finley Breese (mother)
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 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 in 1837 and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.