Samuel Morse

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Samuel Morse was an American inventor and painter best known for co-developing the Morse code and contributing to the invention of the single-wire telegraph system.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
inventor
painter
awardReceived Légion d'honneur
surface form: "Legion of Honour"

Order of Isabella the Catholic
birthDate 1791-04-27
birthPlace Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony
surface form: "Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States"
burialPlace Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, United States
causeOfDeath pneumonia
coDeveloperOf Morse code
collaboratedWith Alfred Vail
contributedTo invention of the single-wire telegraph system
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1872-04-02
deathPlace New York City
surface form: "New York City, New York, United States"
developed Morse code
surface form: "Morse-Vail telegraph system"
educatedAt Royal Academy of Arts
Yale College NERFINISHED
familyName Morse
fieldOfWork electrical engineering
portrait painting
telecommunications
founded National Academy of Design
fullName Samuel Morse
surface form: "Samuel Finley Breese Morse"
genre portrait
givenName Samuel
knownFor Morse code
single-wire telegraph system
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement American art
name Samuel Morse
notableWork Louvre Museum
surface form: "Gallery of the Louvre"
numberOfChildren 7
occupation inventor
painter
parent Elizabeth Ann Finley Breese Morse
Jedidiah Morse
patent telegraph system patent (US 1647)
positionHeld Professor of Painting and Sculpture at the University of the City of New York
religion Calvinism
residence New York City
surface form: "New York City, New York, United States"
signature Samuel Morse signature
spouse Lucretia Pickering Walker Morse
Sarah Elizabeth Griswold Morse

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this entity surface form: "Samuel F. B. Morse"
Samuel Morse fullName Samuel Morse
this entity surface form: "Samuel Finley Breese Morse"
Samuel Morse name Samuel Morse
Morse College namedAfter Samuel Morse
this entity surface form: "Samuel F. B. Morse"
Morse College namedAfter Samuel Morse
this entity surface form: "Samuel Finley Breese Morse"
Locust Grove Estate notableResident Samuel Morse
this entity surface form: "Samuel F. B. Morse"

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