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Name: Christopher Latham Sholes
Birth Date: February 14, 1819
Death Date: February 17, 1890
Place of Birth: Mooresburg, Pennsylvania, United States
Place of Death: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: inventor, editor, publisher, social reformer, legislator

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Biography of Christopher Latham Sholes
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Christopher Sholes is known as the father of the typewriter. He was born on a farm in Mooresburg, Pennsylvania, on February 14, 1989. As a young man, Sholes served a four-year printing apprenticeship before moving with his parents to Wisconsin. He went...
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Biography of Christopher Latham Sholes
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Christopher Latham Sholes(1819-1890) has been called the "Father of the Typewriter." Although he did not invent it, he did develop the first practical commercial machine. Sholes also developed the Qwerty keyboard that is still in use today. Sholes was...


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Christopher Sholes Information
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Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 - February 17, 1890) was an American who invented the first practical typewriter and the QWERTY keyboard still in use...


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Schools panel takes steps to close Sholes
03/12/2003: 514 words, approx. 2 pages
Schools panel takes steps to close Sholes South side building would be occupied by smaller programs By ALAN J. BORSUK aborsuk@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Wednesday, March 12, 2003 A Milwaukee School Board committee gave a unanimous green light Tuesday to a...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Sholes, Selma
10/11/2001: 143 words, approx. 1 pages
Sholes, Selma "Sally" Thursday, October 11, 2001 Sholes, Selma "Sally" (Nee Schwemmer) Entered Eternal Life October 10, 2001, at the age of 91. Preceded in death by her beloved husbands, Clifford Steinhagen and Martin Sholes. Loving mother of Merna (Lucien) Scaffidi and...
 


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