"Who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, which he proposed in ""Stenographic Soundhand"" in 1837?"
Isaac Pitman Times" (London), he attributed his lifelong excellent health and his ability to work long hours. Isaac Pitman is the grandfather of Sir James Pitman, who developed the Initial Teaching Alphabet. His great-grandson John Hugh Pitman was appointed an OBE in 2010 for services to Vocational Training. Isaac Pitman Sir Isaac Pitman (4 January 1813 – 22 January 1897), was a teacher of the :English language who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand. He first proposed this in "Stenographic Soundhand" in 1837. He was also the vice-president of the Vegetarian Society. Pitman was knighted
Shorthand stenographic pen. Some consider that strictly speaking only handwritten systems can be called shorthand. Machine shorthand is also a common term for writing produced by a stenotype, a specialized keyboard. These are often used for court room transcripts and in live subtitling. However, there are other shorthand machines used worldwide, including: Velotype; Palantype in the UK; Grandjean Stenotype, used extensively in France and French-speaking countries; Michela Stenotype, used extensively in Italy; and Stenokey, used in Bulgaria and elsewhere. One of the most widely used forms of shorthand is still the Pitman shorthand method described above, which has been adapted for