Samuel Morse, the American inventor of the morse code, was born in New England, in the state of Massachusetts. He sailed over to London to study in 1812, at the age of 21, and for three years he lived in Fitzrovia. Samuel Morse lodged at 141 Cleveland Street, next door to the house All Souls Church purchased over a hundred years later for its ‘church with no pews’ experiment. Samuel Morse and John Stott shared the same birthday, 27 April.
