William Fothergill Cooke
William Fothergill Cooke
Sir William Fothergill Cooke was an English inventor. He was, with Charles Wheatstone, the co-inventor of the Cooke-Wheatstone electrical telegraph, which was patented in May 1837. Together with John Lewis 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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Date of Birth
May 4th, 1806
Age
220
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
June 25th, 1879
Died Aged
73
Star Sign
Taurus
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