The inventor of the single-wire telegraph system, Samuel Morse, is best known for his “Morse code” technology. This development, single-handedly changed the nature of long-distance communication.

Inventor Samuel F. B. Morse spent summers at his Locust Grove Estate in New York's Hudson Valley. The 14,000-square-foot Italianate villa, built in 1852, has 45 rooms over six floors. It was purchased ...

In 1867, Samuel Morse, internationally renowned as the inventor of the telegraph, returned to Paris once more, to witness the wonders displayed at the Exposition Universelle, the glittering world ...

Morse Code Day, observed on April 27, honors Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse code, and celebrates this groundbreaking method of communication. Before modern technology, messages took weeks to ...

Mr. Silverman talked about his book, [Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F.B. Morse], published by Knopf. The book is a biography of nineteenth-century inventor Samuel F.B. Morse, who is ...

"Samuel F. B. Morse's 'Gallery of the Louvre' and the Art of Invention" runs Thursday through Sept. 18 and is part of a national tour organized by the Terra Foundation for American Art.

Samuel F. B. Morse (1791–1872), an artist and inventor of the telegraph, was in Paris in 1839 sharing the scientific and celebrity stage with Daguerre. The two inventors shared notes on their ...

In 1867, Samuel Morse, internationally renowned as the inventor of the telegraph, returned to Paris once more, to witness the wonders displayed at the Exposition Universelle, the glittering world ...