INVENTOR

Christopher Latham Sholes

1819 - 1890

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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 to be one of the inventors of the first typewriter in the United States. He was also a newspaper publisher and Wisconsin politician. In his time, Sholes went by the names C. Latham Sholes, Latham Sholes, or C. L. Sholes, but never "Christopher Sholes" or "Christopher L. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Latham Sholes has received more than 748,358 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Latham Sholes is the 193rd most popular inventor (down from 156th in 2019), the 2,807th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,225th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 750k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Christopher Latham Sholes ranks 193 out of 426. Before him are Traian Vuia, Johann Christoph Denner, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Ottaviano Petrucci, Jethro Tull, and Orban. After him are Charles Xavier Thomas, David Edward Hughes, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Oskar Barnack, Eunice Newton Foote, and Émile Baudot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Christopher Latham Sholes ranks 45. Before him are Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Alfred Escher, Estanislao Figueras, Gustave de Molinari, Tirimüjgan Kadın, and Johann Voldemar Jannsen. After him are Eunice Newton Foote, Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Narcís Monturiol, Clément Juglar, André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, and Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke. Among people deceased in 1890, Christopher Latham Sholes ranks 31. Before him are C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, Alexander Georg von Bunge, Camilo Castelo Branco, and Johann Voldemar Jannsen. After him are Vasile Alecsandri, Ivan Mažuranić, Franz Lachner, Alexander Mozhaysky, Ignaz von Döllinger, and Alexander Parkes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Christopher Latham Sholes ranks 2,807 out of 20,380. Before him are Monica Potter (1971), Rex Tillerson (1952), Chet Atkins (1924), Carmen Dell'Orefice (1931), Helen Parkhurst (1886), and Frank Miller (1957). After him are Marilyn Chambers (1952), Denise Richards (1971), Art Pepper (1925), Michael J. Sandel (1953), Ralph Nader (1934), and Eddie Eagan (1897).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Christopher Latham Sholes ranks 46. Before him are Garrett Morgan (1877), Royal Rife (1888), Philo Farnsworth (1906), Charles Martin Hall (1863), Larry Sanger (1968), and Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834). After him are Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878), Eunice Newton Foote (1819), Raymond Damadian (1936), Melvil Dewey (1851), J. Presper Eckert (1919), and Robert Metcalfe (1946).

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