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William Fothergill Cooke

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.

External Link

Munro's Hero's of The Telegraph, Appendix, Chapter III http://arthurwendover.com/arthurs/munro/htgrf10.html

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