Isaac Pitman
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1813 – 1897
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Who was Isaac Pitman?
Sir Isaac Pitman, an Englishman knighted in 1894, developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand. He first proposed this in Stenographic Soundhand in 1837. Pitman was a qualified teacher and taught at a private school he founded in Wotton-under-Edge - The British School, Wotton-under-Edge. He was also the vice president of the Vegetarian Society.
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- Born
- Jan 4, 1813
Trowbridge - Siblings
- Died
- Jan 12, 1897
Bath
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on July 23, 2013
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