Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 – February 17, 1890) was an American inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard, [2] and, along with Samuel W. Soule, Carlos Glidden and John Pratt, has been contended to be one of the inventors of the …

4 天之前 · Christopher Latham Sholes (born February 14, 1819, near Mooresburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died February 17, 1890, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was an American inventor who developed the typewriter. After completing his schooling, Sholes was apprenticed as a printer.

Christopher Latham Sholes was an American inventor that invented the QWERTY keyboard and one of the earliest typewriters. Sholes was born February 14th, 1819, near Mooresburg, Pennsylvania. On his mother's side, his bloodline can be …

Christopher Latham Sholes was an American inventor. He is known as the "Father of the Typewriter" as he invented the QWERTY keyboard.

Five years, dozens of trial-runs, and two patents later, Sholes and his associates produced the first practical typewriter (1872). Its secrets were the type-bar system, and the “universal” keyboard.

Christopher Sholes invented the first practical typewriter and introduced the keyboard layout that is familiar today. As he experimented early on with different versions, Sholes realized that the levers in the type basket would jam when he arranged the keys in alphabetical order.

2018年5月18日 · 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 is most famously known for his invention of the first practical typewriter as well as the common keyboard layout, QWERTY, which is still used today. Sholes added the shift key as his final invention before his retirement. He died on February 17, 1980.

The first practical typewriter was developed by American inventor Christopher Latham Sholes. Various typewriters had already been developed, but they were slow and difficult to use. Some of them were as large as pianos. Sholes invented the first typewriter that was faster than writing by …

On February 14, 1819, American inventor Christopher Latham Sholes was born, who invented the first practical typewriter and is responsible for the QWERTY keyboard layout still in use today.