William Fothergill Cooke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetWilliam Fothergill Cooke
English inventor
Date of Birth: 04-May-1806
Place of Birth: Ealing, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 25-Jun-1879
Profession: inventor
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About William Fothergill Cooke
- 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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