.... . .-.. .-.. --- -.-.-- / .. / .- -- / ... .- -- ..- . .-.. / -- --- .-. ... . (Hello! I am Samuel Morse). I am an American inventor and painter. After having established my reputation as a portrait painter, in my middle age I contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, thanks to the help of Mr. Alfred Vail!