Samuel Morse

Content Background Family & Roots Education Inventions Morse Code Contributions References

Background Born in April 27th, 1791 (Charlestown, Massachusetts) Died in April 2nd, 1872 (New York) Invented the Telegraph Invented Morse Code An accomplished painter

Family & Roots Father is Jedidiah Morse Mother is Elizabith Breeze 2 Brothers Sidney and Richard Morse Married to Lucretia Pickering Walker Died After 4th child was born Married again to Sarah Elizabeth Griswold Had 4 children

Education Philips Academy Yale University Majoring in Mathematics, Religious Philosophy and Science Graduated from Yale in 1810 with Phi Beta Kappa Honors

Inventions Invented the Telegram 1832 met Charles Thomas Jackson and developed a concept of a telegraph with a single wire First telegraph line was opened on May 24th 1844

Morse Code Method of transmitting textual information by on-off tones, lights and clicks Each character is represented in a unique sequence of dots and dashes

Contributions Paved the way of communication in the early-mid 1800’s Morse code was used as an international standard for maritime communications till 1999 Simple, versatile and highly efficient way of communication

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