William Fothergill Cooke
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William Fothergill Cooke (Ealing 1806- Farnham, Surrey 25 June 1879) was, with Charles Wheatstone, the co-inventor of the Cooke-Wheatstone electrical telegraph, which was patented in May 1837.
He was knighted in 1869.
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External Link
- Munro's Hero's of The Telegraph, Appendix, Chapter III http://arthurwendover.com/arthurs/munro/htgrf10.html
- [1] (http://www.globusz.com/ebooks/Telegraph/00000023.htm)
- [2] (http://www.iee.org/TheIEE/Research/Archives/Histories&Biographies/Cooke.cfm)
- [3] (http://www.connected-earth.com/Journeys/Prideofownership/TheForceofPublicOpinion/Thetelegraphdebate-1860s/SirWilliamFothergillCooke/sirwilliamfothergillcooke(1806-1879).htm)
Categories: People stubs | 1806 births | 1879 deaths | British inventors | Telecommunications history

