Christopher Latham
SHOLES
(b.
14 February 1819
,
Mooresburg, Pennsylvania, USA
d.
17 February 1890
,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
)
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Christopher Latham SHOLES was born 14 February 1819 in Mooresburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Christopher Latham SHOLES was the child of Orrin SHOLES and Catherine COOK and the grandchild of: (paternal) Cyrus SHOLES and Bridget LATHAMSpouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Christopher Latham married Mary Jane MCKINNEY abt. 1841 . Mary Jane MCKINNEY was born 11 August 1821 in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA. Mary Jane died 9 January 1888 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Christopher Latham SHOLES died 17 February 1890 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
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Christopher Latham SHOLES was a American inventor who developed the typewriter.
Christopher Latham SHOLES was a American inventor who developed the typewriter.
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1819 Birth 14 February 1819
Mooresburg, Pennsylvania, USA
From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)
... In 1867 Mr. C. Latham Sholes, a printer and editor; Mr. Samuel W. Soule, a printer, and Mr. Carlos Glidden, a retired merchant, all residents of Milwaukee, inspired by an article of the London Engineering, descriptive of 'the prototype' invented by John Pratt, of Centre, Ala., projected the Type-writer. It was completed after six years of the persistent application indispensable to all great enterprises. Practically, the first instrument was made by E. Remington & Sons, in 1878, who are still the sole manufacturers... The Type-writer is progress, but it is a revolution also, or His Majesty the Pen would not have yielded as easily its centuries of autocracy...
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Washington, DC
December 6, 1884
... In 1867 Mr. C. Latham Sholes, a printer and editor; Mr. Samuel W. Soule, a printer, and Mr. Carlos Glidden, a retired merchant, all residents of Milwaukee, inspired by an article of the London Engineering, descriptive of 'the prototype' invented by John Pratt, of Centre, Ala., projected the Type-writer. It was completed after six years of the persistent application indispensable to all great enterprises. Practically, the first instrument was made by E. Remington & Sons, in 1878, who are still the sole manufacturers... The Type-writer is progress, but it is a revolution also, or His Majesty the Pen would not have yielded as easily its centuries of autocracy...
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Washington, DC
December 6, 1884
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states. 1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
1888 Death of Spouse/PartnerMary Jane MCKINNEY died 9 January 1888, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
1890 Death 17 February 1890
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
He died at the age of 71.
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