After Being a Farmer at 13 Before Marrying His Third Wife, Martha, Breese Morse Began Producing His Own Morse Code "Morse" by Means of a Cordial Affair with His Wife

 231 Years Ago Today

Wednesday 27th of April 1791
Painter and inventor Samuel Finley Breese Morse known for developing the Morse code is born in 195 Main Street, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States.

The first English letter in Morse was coined in 1800.
After being a farmer at 13 before marrying his third wife, Martha, in 1811, Breese Morse began producing his own Morse code, "Morse", by means of a cordial affair with his wife. His Morse code was patented as Morse Code 200 in 1842. When he invented it, Breese Morse was awarded the patent in 1835 and in 1844 he began working on the Morse Code code. His Morse code had been used in France, Italy, Australia, India and Canada in the early 1900s.
Breese Morse was the first person to use a Morse code of his own.
Breese Morse was granted the Nobel Prize in 1910 for his discovery of "Morse". He was recognised by many as a scientist in 1909.
Breese Morse was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on September 17, 1821. The father of two children, Anne and Margaret Breese Morse, he received his Bachelor's degree in Chemistry in 1864-65. In 1861, Breese Morse was elected an honorary citizen of Massachusetts as a state senator, he graduated in 1863 with a degree in Biology from Cambridge. In 1889, he graduated from Brown University.