Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 - April 2, 1872) was an American painter and inventor. Morse graduated at the University of Yale in 1810 and in 1811 he visited England to study painting, returning in 1815 to earn his living as a portrait painte
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 - April 2, 1872) was an American painter and inventor. Morse graduated at the University of Yale in 1810 and in 1811 he visited England to study painting, returning in 1815 to earn his living as a portrait painter. While returning by ship from Europe in 1832, Morse encountered Charles Thomas Jackson of Boston, a man who was well schooled in electromagnetism. Witnessing various experiments with Jackson's electromagnet, Morse developed the concept of a single-wire telegraph. He was a co-developer of the Morse code, and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy. The original Morse telegraph, submitted with his patent application, is part of the collections of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution. In time the Morse code, which he developed, would become the primary language of telegraphy in the world. It is still the standard for rhythmic transmission of data. Morse received a patent for the telegraph in 1847. He was elected an Associate Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1849. The Morse telegraphic apparatus was officially adopted as the standard for European telegraphy in 1851. Morse was a leader in the anti-Catholic and anti-immigration movement, and became well known as a defender of slavery, considering it to be sanctioned by God. He died of pneumonia in 1872, 25 days short of his 81st birthday.
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