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Christopher Latham Sholes



Sholes, Christopher Latham (1819–90), U.S. inventor (with Carlos Glidden and Samuel Soulé) of the typewriter (patented 1868). He sold his patent rights to the Remington Arms Co. in 1873.

See also: Typewriter.

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