William Fothergill Cooke

William Fothergill Cooke

19th-century telegraph pioneer

Sir William Fothergill Cooke (4 May 1806 – 25 June 1879) was an English inventor. He was, with Charles Wheatstone, the co-inventor of the Cooke-Wheatstone electrical telegraph, which was patented in May 1837.2

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Born May 4, 1806, died Jun 25, 1879.1

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Together with John Ricardo he founded the Electric Telegraph Company, the world's first public telegraph company, in 1846. He was knighted in 1869.

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