Samuel F.B. Morse

Samuel F.B. Morse was born April 27, 1791 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Morse attended Yale University. He made a living by painting. After his wife's death, Morse invented Morse Code and improved the telegraph. Slow communication caused him to miss his own wife's illness and death. Morse also brought the Daguerreotype to the United States, where it became very popular for a long period of time. He died on April 2, 1872 in New York City at the age of eighty.

 


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