Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 – February 17, 1890) was an American inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard, and, along with Samuel W. Soule, Carlos Glidden and John Pratt, has been contended to be one of the inventors of the first typewriter in the United States. He was also a newspaper publisher and Wisconsin politician. In his time, Sholes went by the names C. Latham Sholes, Latham Sholes, or C. L. Sholes, but never "Christopher Sholes" or "Christopher L. Sholes".
Christopher Latham Sholes
publisher and politician
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American publisher and politician
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Christopher Latham Sholes is born
Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician, known for american publisher and politician, was born on 1819-02-14.
Christopher Latham Sholes patents the Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful of its kind
A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of keys, and each one causes a different single character to be produced on paper...
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Christopher Latham Sholes is born
Christopher Latham Sholes, American publisher and politician, known for american publisher and politician, was born on 1819-02-14.
Christopher Latham Sholes patents the Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful of its kind
A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of keys, and each one causes a different single character to be produced on paper...
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- When was Christopher Latham Sholes born?
- Christopher Latham Sholes was born on 1819-02-14 (American).
- What is Christopher Latham Sholes known for?
- American publisher and politician
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- Christopher Latham Sholes was involved in 2 recorded historical events, including Christopher Latham Sholes is born, Christopher Latham Sholes patents the Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful of its kind.
- When did Christopher Latham Sholes die?
- Christopher Latham Sholes died on 1890-01-01.