# Walter P. Phillips

> Walter Polk Phillips was an American journalist, telegrapher, and inventor who compiled and expanded telegraph codes with his Phillips Code, a brevity code which included the abbreviations POTUS, for president of the United States, and SCOTUS, for Supreme Court of the United States. He later became the head of the United Press.

*Journalist, telegrapher, inventor (1846-1920)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1846-06-14
- **Died:** 1920-01-31
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Walter Polk Phillips was an American journalist, telegrapher, and inventor who compiled and expanded telegraph codes with his Phillips Code, a brevity code which included the abbreviations POTUS, for president of the United States, and SCOTUS, for Supreme Court of the United States. He later became the head of the United Press.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 37.1
- **Momentum:** 11.5

## Sources
- [Walter P. Phillips](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_P._Phillips)
- [Walter Phillips](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Phillips)
- [Walter P. Phillips](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_P._Phillips)
- [والتر بولك فيليبس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%83_%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%B3)
- [Вальтер Полк Філліпс](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BA_%D0%A4%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%81)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3565845)

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