Samuel Morse

Samuel Morse

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 Morse was born on Wednesday, 27 April 1791 in Charlestown, Massachusetts (now USA). His full name at birth was Samuel Finley Breese Morse. He was best known as an inventor. Morse's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. He died on Tuesday, 2 April 1872 in 5 West 22nd Street, New York City, New York at the age of 80. He is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA. His religion is listed as Unitarian. His zodiac star sign was Taurus.

You can find people similar to Samuel Morse by visiting our lists People involved in anti-Catholicism and 19th-century American inventors.

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Samuel Finley Breese Morse
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Charlestown, Massachusetts (now USA)
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2 April 1872
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5 West 22nd Street, New York City, New York
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Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA
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Painter, inventor
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Samuel Morse is known for his role in the film Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something (2020) as additional photography.

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