William Fothergill Cooke

Background

An English entrepreneur.

Contribution

Co-developed and commercialized the Cooke–Wheatstone telegraph (1837), driving its adoption on British railways.

Associated inventions

• The Electric Telegraph

Collaborators & contemporaries

• Charles Wheatstone
• Samuel Morse
• Alfred Vail

Sources & further reading

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• Science Museum Group Collection & topic articlesScience Museum Group (UK) · Museum

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