Telegraphist
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A telegraphist (British English), telegrapher (American English), or telegraph operator is a person who uses a telegraph key to send and receive Morse code messages in a telegraphy system. These messages, also called telegrams, can be transmitted electronically by land lines, or wirelessly by radio.
History
During the First World War, the Royal Navy enlisted many volunteers as radio telegraphists. Telegraphists were indispensable at sea in the early days of wireless telegraphy, and many young men were called to sea as professional radiotelegraph operators who were always accorded high-paying officer status at sea. Subsequent to the Titanic disaster and the Radio Act of 1912, the International Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) conventions established the 500kHz maritime distress frequency monitoring and mandated that all passenger-carrying ships carry licensed radio telegraph operators.[1]
Notable telegraphists
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- Harold Bride
- Harold Cottam
- Louisa Margaret Dunkley
- Thomas Eckert
- Thomas Edison
- John H. Emerick
- Mathilde Fibiger
- Ambrose E. Gonzales
- Oliver Heaviside
- Emma Hunter
- Joseph Nathan Kane
- Juscelino Kubitschek
- Hiram Percy Maxim
- Mary Macaulay
- Seeb Chunder Nandy
- Jack Phillips
- Franklin Leonard Pope
- John Willard Raught
- Leah Rosenfeld
- David Sarnoff
- Ola Delight Smith
- Wilhelmina Magdalene Stuart
- Ella Cheever Thayer
- Ella Stewart Udall
- Alfred Vail
See also
- Amateur radio
- Casa del Telegrafista (House of the Telegrapher), a museum in Colombia
- Commercial Cable Company
- List of obsolete occupations
- Transatlantic telegraph cable
References
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