Category:William Fothergill Cooke
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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. 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 | 4 May 1806 Ealing | ||||
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Date of death | 25 June 1879 Farnham | ||||
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Media in category "William Fothergill Cooke"
The following 21 files are in this category, out of 21 total.
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BEAUFORThawes5OCT1837rwLIPACKowner.pdf 1,718 × 2,085; 1.98 MB
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Cooke and Wheatstone electric telegraph.jpg 2,420 × 3,052; 2.15 MB
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Cooke William Fothergill (cropped).jpg 335 × 475; 52 KB
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COOKE30MAY1838rwLIPACKownerA.pdf 1,710 × 1,408; 2.48 MB
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COOKE30MAY1838rwLIPACKownerB.pdf 1,718 × 1,418; 2.56 MB
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CookeWmF11Nov1869rwLIPACKownerA.pdf 1,502 × 1,197; 1.16 MB
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CookeWmF11Nov1869rwLIPACKownerB.pdf 1,497 × 1,202; 1.19 MB
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Manuscript Journal of William Fothergill Cooke (Codex Lipack).pdf 1,904 × 1,500; 694 KB
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WilliamFothergillCooke(CodexLipack)rwLIPACKowner.jpg 881 × 1,088; 550 KB
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WilliamFothergillCookeJournal(CodexLipack)IntroPgLIPACKowner.pdf 1,218 × 1,754; 1.21 MB
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WmFCooke1837FingerKey-AlfredVailLever1844-RWLipack-Owner.jpg 2,547 × 1,588; 1.99 MB