Samuel Morse Content Background n Family Roots n

Samuel Morse

Content Background n Family & Roots n Education n Inventions n Morse Code n Contributions n References n

Background Born in April 27 th, 1791 (Charlestown, Massachusetts) n Died in April 2 nd, 1872 (New York) n Invented the Telegraph n Invented Morse Code n An accomplished painter n

Family & Roots n n n Father is Jedidiah Morse Mother is Elizabith Breeze 2 Brothers Sidney and Richard Morse n n Married to Lucretia Pickering Walker Died After 4 th child was born Married again to Sarah Elizabeth Griswold Had 4 children

Education Philips Academy n Yale University Majoring in Mathematics, Religious Philosophy and Science n Graduated from Yale in 1810 with Phi Beta Kappa Honors n

Inventions Invented the Telegram n 1832 met Charles Thomas Jackson and developed a concept of a telegraph with a single wire n First telegraph line was opened on May 24 th 1844 n

Morse Code n n Method of transmitting textual information by on-off tones, lights and clicks Each character is represented in a unique sequence of dots and dashes

Contributions Paved the way of communication in the early-mid 1800’s n Morse code was used as an international standard for maritime communications till 1999 n Simple, versatile and highly efficient way of communication n

References http: //inventors. about. com/od/tstartinventi ons/a/telegraph. htm n http: //www. notablebiographies. com/Mo. Ni/Morse-Samuel-F-B. html n http: //samuelmorsebiography. com/ n http: //www. omniglot. com/writing/morseco de. htm n