Telegraphist
Operator who uses a telegraph key to send and receive the Morse code
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A telegraphist (British English), telegrapher (American English), or telegraph operator is a person who uses a telegraph key to send and receive Morse code messages in a telegraphy system. These messages, also called telegrams, can be transmitted electronically by land lines, or wirelessly by radio.
Notable telegraphists
- Louisa Margaret Dunkley
- Thomas Eckert
- Thomas Edison
- John H. Emerick
- Mathilde Fibiger
- Ambrose E. Gonzales
- Oliver Heaviside
- Emma Hunter
- Joseph Nathan Kane
- Juscelino Kubitschek
- Hiram Percy Maxim
- Mary Macaulay
- Seeb Chunder Nandy
- Franklin Leonard Pope
- John Willard Raught
- Leah Rosenfeld
- David Sarnoff
- Ola Delight Smith
- Wilhelmina Magdalene Stuart
- Ella Cheever Thayer
- Ella Stewart Udall
- Alfred Vail
See also
- Amateur radio
- Radio operator
- Casa del Telegrafista (House of the Telegrapher), a museum in Colombia
- Commercial Cable Company
- List of obsolete occupations
- Transatlantic telegraph cable