The great portrait painter and inventor who will forever be memorialized in a series of dots and dashes. Frank Jewett Mather Jr. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to ...

A neglected anniversary of sorts came and went May 24; it was the first public demonstration of Samuel F.B. Morse’s telegraph 178 years ago at B&O Mount Clare Station, today the home of the Baltimore ...

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This week (May 24) in 1844, Professor Samuel F.B. Morse sat in the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., surrounded by members of Congress, who had come to witness history. Morse complied, ...

The years from 1815 to 1845 are usually called the Jacksonian Era, but no one person can define the lives of millions. If someone could, the better icon for that age might be Samuel Morse, who ...

The 100th anniversary of the death of Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, was observed quietly Sunday by his granddaughter, Ms. Clara Morse, by the placing of a bouquet in his memory on the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Gil Press writes about technology, entrepreneurs and innovation. This week’s milestones in the history of technology include the ...

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