Who was Samuel Morse

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Morse was a painter and inventor. He began by taking a liking to arts but switched to researching electromagnetism and developing the telegraph because he saw the flaw with communication
He discovered what electromagnetism is during a voyage from a scientist and used that to design his telegraph
He struggled with having the signal transmit over distances. After working with a professor, he managed to have his signal travel 13 miles, and began showing his invention to the public. ^4a625a
He had to fight many lawsuits for patents and the right to be the 'inventor of the telegraph', which took up the majority of his life.
He invented the Morse code, which is a way of using dots and dashes to send messages over long distances. It paved the way for modern communication.