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
Mark Latham of each approach. Mark Latham also wrote "Reviving Labor's agenda: a program for local reform" (Pluto Press / Australian Fabian Society, 1990), "What did you learn today?: creating an education revolution" (Allen & Unwin, 2001), "From the Suburbs: Building a Nation from our Neighbourhoods" (Pluto Press Australia, 2003), "The Political Bubble: Why Australians Don't Trust Politics" (Pan Macmillan, 2014), "Latham at Large" (Melbourne University Press, 2015), and "Taking Back Australia: Saving Our Country, Our Culture, Our Civilisation" (Wilkinson Publishing, 2018). Latham gave his first public lecture since the release of the "Diaries", titled "Ten Reasons Why Young Idealistic People Should