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Christopher Latham Sholes

1819 - 1890

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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. 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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Latham Sholes is the 159th most popular inventor (up from 193rd in 2019), the 2,644th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,807th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Christopher Latham Sholes ranks 159 out of 426. Before him are Peter Henlein, Robert Moog, Friedrich Zander, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Joseph Monier, and Paul Baran. After him are Edwin Howard Armstrong, Elizabeth Holmes, Zacharias Janssen, Oliver Lodge, Georg Luger, and Alfred Vail.

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Among people born in 1819, Christopher Latham Sholes ranks 35. Before him are Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois, Elias Howe, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Abner Doubleday, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, and Otto Wilhelm von Struve. After him are Felice Orsini, William A. Wheeler, Roger Fenton, Wilhelm Marr, Thomas A. Hendricks, and Franz Abt. Among people deceased in 1890, Christopher Latham Sholes ranks 27. Before him are Gottfried Keller, Alexander Georg von Bunge, Lorenz von Stein, Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, Spotted Elk, and Louis Le Prince. After him are William Gull, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, Ivan Mažuranić, and Camilo Castelo Branco.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher Latham Sholes ranks 2,644 out of 20,380. Before him are Rick Baker (1950), Richard Williams (1942), Martin Luther King Sr. (1899), Leo McCarey (1898), Christina Aguilera (1980), and John Breckinridge (1760). After him are Michael Phelps (1985), Jean Tatlock (1914), Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), Shirley Chisholm (1924), John C. Calhoun (1782), and Don Rickles (1926).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Christopher Latham Sholes ranks 45. Before him are Elisha Gray (1835), Elias Howe (1819), Peter Cooper (1791), Richard Jordan Gatling (1818), Mary Anderson (1862), and Robert Moog (1934). After him are Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), Elizabeth Holmes (1984), Alfred Vail (1807), Robert Metcalfe (1946), Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903), and Arnold Orville Beckman (1900).

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