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Isaac Pitman

1813 - 1897

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Sir Isaac Pitman (4 January 1813 – 22 January 1897) was an English publisher and teacher of the English language who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand. He first proposed this in Stenographic Soundhand in 1837. He was vice-president of the Vegetarian Society. Pitman was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1894. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Isaac Pitman is the 381st most popular inventor (down from 362nd in 2019), the 4,850th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,171st in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Inventor.

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Among inventors, Isaac Pitman ranks 381 out of 426. Before him are John Milne, Henry J. Kaiser, Robert S. Langer, Wordsworth Donisthorpe, Charles Darrow, and Frank Piasecki. After him are Barnes Wallis, Johan Vaaler, George Stibitz, George Beauchamp, Robin Li, and William Friese-Greene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, Isaac Pitman ranks 78. Before him are Narciso Campero, George Alexander Macfarren, Timofey Granovsky, Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg, John Cassin, and George Peter Alexander Healy. After him are Radhanath Sikdar, Henry Ward Beecher, John Sedgwick, David Dixon Porter, Lot M. Morrill, and John Rae. Among people deceased in 1897, Isaac Pitman ranks 77. Before him are Jan Heemskerk, Francesco Brioschi, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, Edward Newton, Juan Idiarte Borda, and Charles Blondin. After him are Berthold Englisch, and Margaret Oliphant.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Isaac Pitman ranks 4,851 out of 8,785. Before him are Clodagh Rodgers (1947), John Goodall (1863), Alistair Overeem (1980), William Duesbury (1725), George Henry Lewes (1817), and Eddie Thomson (1947). After him are William Mitchell Ramsay (1851), Michael Foot (1913), Alan Hansen (1955), Grey Owl (1888), John Eliot (1604), and Barnes Wallis (1887).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Isaac Pitman ranks 62. Before him are John Wilkinson (1728), Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835), Thomas Wedgwood (1771), Joseph Bramah (1748), John Milne (1850), and Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1847). After him are Barnes Wallis (1887), William Friese-Greene (1855), John Whitehurst (1713), Roger C. Field (1945), Lawrence Hargrave (1850), and Frank Hornby (1863).

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