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Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, – April 2, ) was an American, a painter of portraits and historic scenes, and is credited with the invention of the first telegraphic communications device to enjoy widespread use in Europe and America.
Early years
Samuel Morse was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the first child of geographer and pastor Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Breese Morse.
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After attending Phillips Academy, Andover, he went on to Yale. He devoted himself to art and became a pupil of Washington Allston, a well known American painter. While at Yale College, he attended lectures on electricity from Benjamin Silliman and Jeremiah Day.
He earned money by painting miniature portraits on ivory. In , he graduated from Yale University. Morse accompanied Allston to Europe the following year.
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While in Europe, Morse also studied under famed portrait painter Benjamin West. He won awards for his art work, but was forced to return to America in , due to lack of funds.
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