Samuel Morse, half-length portrait, posing with left hand on a telegraph apparatus, facing slightly left. In addition to being the inventor of Morse Code, Morse was a highly skilled portrait painter,

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Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an 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 Morse code and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.

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Location: Washington,
Photo credit: © American Photo Archive / Alamy / Afripics
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