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, Illinois the village was $16,917. About 12.4% of families and 12.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.0% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over. Latham, Illinois Latham is a village in Logan County, Illinois, United States. The population was 371 at the 2000 census. Latham was platted in 1871, and named in honor of Robert B. Latham, a railroad official. A post office called Latham has been in operation since 1872. Latham is located at (39.966928, -89.161968). According to the 2010 census, Latham has a total area of , all land.