Christopher Latham Sholes to the "rest" position. This concept was later refined by Sholes and the resulting QWERTY layout is still used today on both typewriters and English language computer keyboards, although the jamming problem no longer exists. Sholes died on February 17, 1890 after battling tuberculosis for nine years, and is buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee. Christopher Latham Sholes Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 – February 17, 1890) was an American inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard, and along with Samuel W. Soule, Carlos Glidden and John Pratt, has been contended as one of the inventors of the first
Scholes, Cleckheaton Scholes, Cleckheaton Scholes is a village near Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, England. The village is south of Bradford between Wyke and Cleckheaton near to the M62 motorway. The village was originally known as ""Scales"" and was a hamlet in the township of Cleckheaton. In the 18th century the most prominent industry in the village was ""card making"" (combing cotton or linen.). Later on a Coal mine opened in the area but that closed early in the 20th century. There are two other villages and a hamlet in West Yorkshire known as "Scholes". One village is near Holmfirth, the other is near