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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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In
1870
the
electric
telegraph
lines
of
the
United
Kingdom,
worked
by
different
companies,
were
transferred
to
the
Post
Office,
and
placed
under
Government
control.
Wheatstone
was
knighted
in
1868,
after
his
completion
of
the
automatic
telegraph.
He
had
previously
been
made
a
Chevalier
of
the
Legion
of
Honour.
Some
thirty-four
distinctions
and
diplomas
of
home
or
foreign
societies
bore
witness
to
his
scientific
reputation.
Since
1836
he
had
been
a
Fellow
of
the
Royal
Society,
and
in
1873
he
was
appointed
a
Foreign
Associate
of
the
French
Academy
of
Sciences.
The
same
year
he
was
awarded
the
Ampere
Medal
by
the
French
Society
for
the
Encouragement
of
National
Industry.
In
1875
he
was
created
an
honorary
member
of
the
Institution
of
Civil
Engineers.
He
was
a
D.C.L.
of
Oxford
and
an
LL.D.
of
Cambridge.
While
on
a
visit
to
Paris
during
the
autumn
of
1875,
and
engaged
in
perfecting
his
receiving
instrument
for
submarine
cables,
he
caught
a
cold,
which
produced
inflammation
of
the
lungs,
an
illness
from
which
he
died
in
Paris,
on
October
19,
1875.
A
memorial
service
was
held
in
the
Anglican
Chapel,
Paris,
and
attended
by
a
deputation
of
the
Academy.
His
remains
were
taken
to
his
home
in
Park
Crescent,
London,
and
buried
in
Kensal
Green.
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