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  1. Apr 27, 2009 · Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791–April 2, 1872) is famous as the inventor of the telegraph and Morse Code, but what he really wanted to do was paint. He was a well-established artist when his youthful interest in electronics resurfaced, leading to the communications invention that changed humanity until it was overshadowed by the ...

  2. Lived 1791 – 1872. Samuel Morse was a polymath who studied mathematics and science at college supporting himself selling the works of art he painted. He became a renowned artist and took part in the invention of the telegraph. Beginnings. Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born on April 27, 1791 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA.

  3. Nov 9, 2009 · Developed in the 1830s and 1840s by Samuel Morse and other inventors, the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid ...

  4. lemelson.mit.edu › resources › samuel-morseSamuel Morse | Lemelson

    Computing and Telecommunications. Samuel Finley Breese Morse, inventor of several improvements to the telegraph, was born in Charlestown, Mass. on April 27, 1791. As a student at Yale College, Morse became interested in both painting and in the developing subject of electricity.

  5. The artist and inventor Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born in 1791 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the eldest son of Reverend Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Breese. Morse's intellectual outlook and future commitment to cultural nationalism was deeply influenced by the orthodox Calvinist millennialism and evangelism he inherited from his father.

  6. May 23, 2018 · People. Science and Technology. Technology: Biographies. Samuel Finley Breese Morse. Morse, Samuel F. B. views 2,203,340 updated May 23 2018. Samuel F. B. Morse. Born April 27, 1791. Charlestown, Massachusetts. Died April 2, 1872. New York, New York. American inventor. "What hath God wrought?"

  7. Painter and Scientist. Samuel Morse was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1791. He studied at Yale College and later became a renowned portrait painter and professor at New York University....

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