About Isaac Pitman

Sir Isaac Pitman 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.

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Isaac Pitman

British inventor (1813–1897)

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About Isaac Pitman

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Occupation: inventor, publisher, stenographer

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Born

January 4, 1813

Died

January 12, 1897

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