Samuel Morse was an artist until he was 34 and had no interest in technology.

Samuel Morse was an artist until he was 34 and had no interest in technology. #samuelmorse #interestintechnilogy #1825 #1838 #shaykof

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00:00Smiley Morse was an artist until he was 34 and had no interest in technology.

00:10In 1825, a messenger delivered a letter from his father informing him that his wife was dying.

00:22Morse immediately left Washington and went to New Haven, where his family lived.

00:36But by the time he arrived, his wife had already been buried.

00:44This incident forced Morse to abandon painting and delve into the study of ways to quickly send messages over long distances,

00:58which led to the development of Morse code and the electric telegraph in 1838.