Illustration showing Samuel Finley Breese Morse

Illustration showing Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791 - 1872); American painter and inventor. 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 the Morse code and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy

1791 Breese Contributed Develop Established Finley Helped Morse Reputation Telegraphs Telegraphy

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