Christopher Latham Sholes 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 typewriter in the United States. He was also a newspaper publisher and Wisconsin politician. Born in Mooresburg, in Montour County, Pennsylvania, Sholes moved to nearby Danville and worked there as an apprentice to a printer. After completing his apprenticeship, Sholes moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1837, and later to Southport, Wisconsin (present-day Kenosha). He became a
James Christopher Scholes James Christopher Scholes James Christopher Scholes (1852–1890) was an English antiquary. The son of James Scholes, a printer and bookbinder, James Christopher Scholes was born at Bolton, Lancashire, on 27 March 1852, and educated at the Holy Trinity School there. Scholes trained as a printer then worked a reporter on a local newspaper, and later became a draper. He served as a member of the Bolton Board of Guardians of the Poor, and as a member of the Bolton School Board. In 1877, Scholes married Ann Frost, who became his business manager. Scholes then devoted his time to his antiquarian