Sir William Fothergill Cooke

(1806-1879)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Cooke, William Fothergill, 1806-1879 NRA: Cooke, Sir William Fothergill (1806-1879) Knight Electrical Engineer DNB: Cooke, Sir William Fothergill (1806–1879), developer of electric telegraphy LBT ID: WiCooke1879 VIAF ID: 62332988 LOC ID: n88255627	B/BAP: 1806-05-04 DIED: 1879-06-25
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Educated at Durham School, Edinburgh University, and on the Continent, he was an inventor and founder of the Electric Telegraph Company in 1846.
REFERENCES TO Sir William Fothergill Cooke: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter X Found 1: ¶ 15