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Samuel Morse

1791 - 1872

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Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter. After establishing his reputation as a portrait painter, Morse, in his middle age, contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of Morse code in 1837 and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Morse is the 13th most popular inventor, the 114th most popular biography from United States (down from 91st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Inventor.

Samuel Morse is most famous for inventing the telegraph.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Samuel Morse ranks 13 out of 426. Before him are Elon Musk, Alexander Graham Bell, Guglielmo Marconi, Henry Ford, Louis Braille, and Charles Babbage. After him are Nikolaus Otto, Louis Daguerre, Nicolas Appert, Rudolf Diesel, Cai Lun, and Nicéphore Niépce.

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Among people born in 1791, Samuel Morse ranks 4. Before him are Michael Faraday, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, and Charles Babbage. After him are Théodore Géricault, James Buchanan, Carl Czerny, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Franz Bopp, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Francesco Hayez, and Johann Franz Encke. Among people deceased in 1872, Samuel Morse ranks 1. After him are Ludwig Feuerbach, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Charles XV of Sweden, Giuseppe Mazzini, William John Macquorn Rankine, Théophile Gautier, Benito Juárez, Stanisław Moniuszko, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Franz Grillparzer, and George Robert Gray.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Morse ranks 114 out of 20,380. Before him are Marvin Gaye (1939), Vince McMahon (1945), Jim Morrison (1943), Calvin Klein (1942), John Stith Pemberton (1831), and Edwin McMillan (1907). After him are Ezra Pound (1885), Frank Sinatra (1915), Charles Manson (1934), Grace Hopper (1906), Herbert A. Simon (1916), and Raymond Davis Jr. (1914).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Samuel Morse ranks 3. Before him are Thomas Edison (1847), and Henry Ford (1863). After him are Eli Whitney (1765), Lee de Forest (1873), Jimmy Wales (1966), Samuel Colt (1814), Bob Kahn (1938), Herman Hollerith (1860), Robert Fulton (1765), Steve Wozniak (1950), and George Westinghouse (1846).

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