Charles Wheatstone was an English scientist and academic who, with William Fothergill Cooke, co-invented the Cooke-Wheatstone electrical telegraph, patented in May 1837. Wheatstone supplied the scientific insight and, unlike Cooke, was primarily interested in publishing his results rather than commercial exploitation, a difference that led to a priority dispute the two eventually settled by arbitration. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Co-developed the electric telegraph.
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Co-inventor, with William Fothergill Cooke, of the rival British telegraph system patented in May 1837, independently of Samuel Morse's American system.
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Wheatstone, on the other hand, was an academic with no interest in commercial ventures, and he intended to publish his results and allow others to freely make use of them.
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