About
Inventor of the single-wire telegraph system, for which he received a patent for in 1847. He was the creator of the dot-dash Morse code and he made his living as a painter.
Before Fame
He supported himself while studying at Yale by selling his paintings and he graduated in 1810.
Trivia
Missing the death of his wife, due to slow communication, inspired his revolutionary invention.
Family Life
He had two wives, who were named Lucretia Pickering Walker and Sarah Elizabeth Griswold. He had seven children between them, five sons and two daughters.
Associated With
In 1820, he painted a portrait of James Monroe.
