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
James Christopher Scholes and genealogical pursuits. Scholes died on 18 June 1890 and was buried in Tonge Cemetery in Bolton. Scholes's main publications were: Other writings included: Scholes made transcripts of the Bolton parish registers from 1587 to 1860, which were printed to 1712 in the "Bolton Weekly Journal", 1887–90. Attribution 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