Cooke and Wheatstone were the first to introduce a telegraph worked by electro-magnetism; but it not able to mark down the message. Claude Chappe, (born Dec. 25, 1763—died Jan. 23, 1805, Paris), French engineer and cleric who converted an old idea into a reality by inventing the semaphore visual telegraph.

Claude Chappe was born in Brûlon, Sarthe, France, the grandson of a French baron.He was raised for church service, but lost his sinecure during the French Revolution.He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen.. His uncle was the astronomer Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche famed for his observations of the Transit of Venus in 1761 and again in 1769. 7806, citing Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France ; Maintained by Find A Grave . Chappe's telegraph was a small tower upon which stood a black 9-metre mast with a moving wooden cross-piece, measuring 30cm by 4.5 metres. Image caption Map of France showing the spread of the Chappe telegraph. French engineer; inventor of the semaphore telegraph. This regulator, as it was known, had a 1.8 metre indicator at each end and had four basic positions - horizontal, vertical or at 45-degree angles. From 1798 to 1852, the station in Saverne was one of the essential links along the Paris-Strasbourg line. Claude Chappe BirthdaySunday, December 25, 1763 BirthplaceBrûlon, Sarthe DiedWednesday, January 23, 1805 NationalityFrance Chappe, Claude Born Dec. 25,1763, in Brúlon, Sarthe Department; died Jan. 23,1805, in Paris. The telegraph was invented by Claude Chappe (1763 - 1805).

Chappe was accorded the title of telegraph engineer in 1793. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed ), memorial page for Claude Chappe (25 Dec 1763–23 Jan 1805), Find a Grave Memorial no. Claude Chappe (25. prosince 1763 – 23. ledna 1805) byl francouzský vynálezce, který v roce 1792 demonstroval systém optického telegrafu založeného na semaforových ukazatelích. Claude Chappe was born in Brûlon, Sarthe, France, the grandson of a French baron.He was raised for church service, but lost his sinecure during the French Revolution.He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen.. His uncle was the astronomer Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche famed for his observations of the Transit of Venus in 1761 and again in 1769. Claude Chappe was born in Brûlon, Sarthe, France, the grandson of a French baron.He was raised for church service, but lost his sinecure during the French Revolution.He was educated at the Lycée Pierre Corneille in Rouen.. His uncle was the astronomer Jean-Baptiste Chappe d'Auteroche famed for his observations of the Transit of Venus in 1761 and again in 1769. The air telegraphs were adopted on July 26, 1793 by national Convention. Telegrafní stanice jeho systému brzy protkaly celou Francii, staly se prvním praktickým telekomunikačním systémem průmyslového věku a později umožnily Napoleonovi ovládat jeho ohromnou říši. Information provided by Jean-Claude Bastian, telegraphe-chappe.com But then it ended almost as quickly as it …