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I have no intention of becoming a shorthand author.
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Birth: | 4th January, 1813 |
Death: | 12th January, 1897 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Teacher |
Isaac Pitman was an Englishman knighted in 1894, developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand. He first proposed this in Stenographic Soundhand in 1837. Pitman was a qualified teacher and taught at a private school he founded in Wotton-under-Edge - The British School, Wotton-under-Edge. He was also the vice president of the Vegetarian Society.
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