Editing Samuel Morse (section)

==Honors and awards==
Morse was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistm|title=MemberListM|work=American Antiquarian Society|access-date=August 26, 2015|archive-date=June 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624005252/http://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Despite honors and financial awards received from foreign countries, there was no such recognition in the U.S. until he neared the end of his life when on June 10, 1871, a bronze statue of Samuel Morse was unveiled in [[Central Park]], New York City. An engraved portrait of Morse appeared on the reverse side of the [[United States two-dollar bill]] [[Silver certificate (United States)|silver certificate]] series of 1896. He was depicted along with [[Robert Fulton]]. An example can be seen on the website of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco]]'s website in their "American Currency Exhibit":<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/silvercerts/581.html |title=American Currency Exhibit: Silver Certificate, $2, 1896 |publisher=Frbsf.org |access-date=August 24, 2010 |archive-date=April 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430143743/http://www.frbsf.org/currency/metal/silvercerts/581.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

A [[blue plaque]] was erected to commemorate him at 141 Cleveland Street, London, where he lived from 1812 to 1815.

In 1848, Morse was elected as a member to the [[American Philosophical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=1847&year-max=1848&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=April 14, 2021|website=search.amphilsoc.org|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603141339/https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=1847&year-max=1848&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to his ''The New York Times'' obituary published on April 3, 1872, Morse received respectively the decoration of the [[Order of Glory (Ottoman Empire)|Atiq Nishan-i-Iftikhar]] (English: Order of Glory) [first medal on wearer's right depicted in photo of Morse with medals], set in diamonds, from [[Abdülmecid I|Sultan Abdülmecid]] of Turkey (c.1847<ref>According to [http://www.ptt.gov.tr/tr/genel/etelgraf.php Turkish PTT e-telegraph page history section] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911035500/http://www.ptt.gov.tr/tr/genel/etelgraf.php |date=September 11, 2009 }}, the Ottoman ruler was the first head of state to award a medal to Morse and it was issued after the demonstration in Istanbul.</ref>), a "golden snuff box containing the Prussian gold medal for scientific merit" from the King of Prussia (1851); the ''Great Gold Medal of Arts and Sciences'' from the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Imperial Germany|King of Württemberg]] (1852); and the ''Great Golden Medal of Science and Arts'' from [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Emperor of Austria]] (1855); a cross of Chevalier in the [[Légion d'honneur]] from the Emperor of France; the ''Cross of a Knight'' of the [[Order of the Dannebrog]] from the King of Denmark (1856); the Cross of Knight Commander of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic]], from the Queen of Spain, besides being elected member of innumerable scientific and art societies in this [United States] and other countries. Other awards include [[Order of the Tower and Sword]] from the kingdom of Portugal (1860), and Italy conferred on him the insignia of chevalier of the [[Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus]] in 1864. Morse's telegraph was recognized as an [[List of IEEE milestones|IEEE Milestone]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Demonstration_of_Practical_Telegraphy,_1838 |title=Milestones:Demonstration of Practical Telegraphy, 1838 |work=IEEE Global History Network |publisher=IEEE |access-date=July 26, 2011 |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306051046/http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:Demonstration_of_Practical_Telegraphy,_1838 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1975, Morse was inducted into the [[National Inventors Hall of Fame]].

On April 1, 2012, Google announced the release of "Gmail Tap", an [[April Fools' Day]] joke that allowed users to use Morse Code to send text from their mobile phones. Morse's great-great-grandnephew Reed Morse—a Google engineer—was instrumental in the prank, which became a real product.<ref>[http://mail.google.com/mail/help/promos/tap/index.html Introducing Gmail Tap] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908225415/http://mail.google.com/mail/help/promos/tap/index.html |date=September 8, 2012 }}. Mail.google.com. Retrieved on October 6, 2013.</ref>

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Morse statue 72 jeh.JPG|Statue of Samuel F. B. Morse by Byron M. Picket, [[Central Park|New York's Central Park]], dedicated 1871
Morse gravesite Green-wood.jpg|Grave of Samuel Morse in Green-wood Cemetery
Samuel FB Morse 1940 Issue-2c.jpg|Morse was honored on the [[Postage stamps and postal history of the United States#Famous Americans Series of 1940|US Famous Americans Series]] postal issue of 1940.
Coat of Arms of Samuel Morse.svg|Coat of Arms of Samuel Morse
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