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Alfred Vail

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Also known as Alfred Lewis Vail, Alfred L. Vail

American inventor (1807–1859)

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Alfred Vail was an author active during the nineteenth century. He was born in 1807 and died in 1859. His written output includes seven works, with five cited in Crossref records.

His notable publications include *In the Superior Court of the city of New-York, Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail, vs. Francis O.J. Smith*, *Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail against Francis O.J. Smith*, *Genealogical map showing the line of descent through seven generations [of the Vail family]*, *Early history of the electro-magnetic telegraph from letters and journals of Alfred Vail*, and *Vail records*.

His work is referenced by 1,097 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 9 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1807
Died
1859
Works
7

Top works

  • In the Superior Court of the city of New-York, Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail, vs. Francis O.J. Smith
  • Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail against Francis O.J. Smith
  • Genealogical map showing the line of descent through seven generations [of the Vail family]
  • Early history of the electro-magnetic telegraph from letters and journals of Alfred Vail
  • Vail records

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Alfred
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Morristown
Place of death
Morristown
Occupation
inventor
Languages spoken
English language
Image
Alfred Vail.jpg
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date of birth
1807-09-25
date of death
1859-01-18
name in native language
Alfred Lewis Vail
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