Christopher Latham Sholes
(1819-1890)
American politician
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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.
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14 February 1819 Mooresburg, Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States
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| Died |
17 February 1890 (aged 71) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
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| Zodiac | Aquarius |
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