Samuel F. B. Morse
CDV, around 1860-1865.
Photographer: Mathew Brady
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (Charlestown, 1791 – New York, 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 the Morse code, and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morse
Samuel F. B. Morse
CDV, around 1860-1865.
Photographer: Mathew Brady
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (Charlestown, 1791 – New York, 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 the Morse code, and helped to develop the commercial use of telegraphy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morse