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
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