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
Latham, Kansas High School mascot was Crusaders. Latham, Kansas Latham is a city in Butler County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 139. Latham was laid out in 1885. It may have been named for Latham Young, a railroad official. A post office was opened in Bodock (an extinct town) in 1883, but it was moved to Latham in 1885. The first newspaper in Latham was founded in 1901. Latham is located at (37.535363, -96.641781). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. As of