Bio

• Born in Charleston, Massachusetts. Graduate of Yale in 1810. He studied under Benjamin West in London 1811 to 1815. Married Lucretia Walker September 29, 1818. Married again to Sarah Griswold August 9, 1848. Among them they had eight children. Worked as a portrait painter. Studied under Washington Allston. He founded and was first president of the National Academy of Design. He taught at New York University. He died in New York City.

  Morse invented the telegraph and the "Morse Code" it used.

  Morse appears on paper money:

  $2 Silver Certificate, series of 1896, reverse

  bio: ApCAB; DAB; Drake; EAB; Fielding; Limpert; NCAB 4; NYHSD; TCBDA; WAB; WWWA-H
  

Date of birth

• 1791-04-27

Place of birth

• Charleston, Massachusetts

Date of death

• 1872-04-02

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