Samuel Morse
American inventor and painter
Samuel Finley Breese Morse was an American inventor and painter. 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. Wikipedia
Born: April 27, 1791, Charlestown, Boston, MA
Died: April 2, 1872 (age 80 years), New York, NY
Education: Royal Academy of Arts (1811–1815), Yale College (1805–1810), and Phillips Academy — Andover
Siblings: Sidney Edwards Morse and Richard Cary Morse
Parents: Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Finley Breese
Children: William Morse, Susan Morse, Charles Morse, and more
Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Griswold (m. 1848–1872) and Lucretia Walker (m. 1818–1825)