# William Fothergill Cooke

> Sir William Fothergill Cooke 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 Ricardo he founded the Electric Telegraph Company, the world's first public telegraph company, in 1846. He was knighted in 1869.

*English inventor (1806-1879)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1806-05-04
- **Died:** 1879-06-25
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
- [William Cooke](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cooke)
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- [William Fothergill Cooke](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fothergill_Cooke)
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- [William Fothergill Cooke](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fothergill_Cooke)
- [ویلیام فوترگیل کوکه](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B1%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%87)
- [William Fothergill Cooke](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fothergill_Cooke)
- [ויליאם פות'רגיל קוק](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%AA'%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A7)
- [विलियम फोदरगिल कुक](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95)
- [William Fothergill Cooke](https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Fothergill_Cooke)
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- [William Cooke](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cooke)
- [Кук, Уильям Фотергилл](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1409652)

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