Christopher Latham Sholes
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Christopher Latham Sholes was an American inventor, newspaper publisher, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the inventor of the QWERTY keyboard, and—along with Samuel W. Soule, Carlos Glidden,
Sholes
John Pratt's Pterotype, the inspiration for Sholes in July 1867, a version close to the stock model advocated by fellow inventor Frank Haven Hall
Wisconsin Historical Marker
Sholes typewriter, 1873 at Buffalo History Museum
QWERTY
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QWERTY is a keyboard layout for Latin-script alphabets; the name comes from the order of the first six keys on the top letter row of the keyboard: QWERTY. The design evolved for the quick typing of En
Christopher Latham Sholes
…February 14, 1819 – February 17, 1890) was an American inventor, newspaper publisher, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was the inventor of the QWERTY keyboard, and—along with Samuel W. Soule, Carlos Glidden, and John Pratt—has been described as one of the inventors of the first typewriter in the…
A laptop computer keyboard using the QWERTY layout
The BlackBerry, which popularized the use of QWERTY keyboards on smartphones in the late 2000s
Keys are arranged on diagonal columns to give space for the levers
Remington 2 typewriter, 1878 – First typewriter with a shift key for upper and lower case characters