1) Samuel Finley Breese Morse, born in Boston, Massachusetts on April 27, 1791 to April 2, 1872 (aged 80), was an American inventor and painter.
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2) In England, Morse perfected his painting techniques under Washington Allston’s watchful eye & by the end of 1811, he gained admittance to the Royal Academy.
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3) He was commissioned to paint President James Monroe in 1820. His commissions for The House of Representatives (1821) & a portrait of the Marquis de Lafayette (1825) engaged democratic nationalism.
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4) In 1826, he helped found the National Academy of Design in New York City. He served as the academy’s president from 1826 to 1845 and again from 1861 to 1862.
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5) During his middle age, he contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs. He was a co-developer of Morse code in 1837 & developed the use of telegraphy.
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6) On June 10, 1871, a bronze statue of Samuel Morse was unveiled in Central Park, NYC. He also had an engraved portrait on the reverse side of the U.S. two dollar bill series of 1896.
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