Isaac Pitman

British inventor

Sir Isaac Pitmanwas an English publisher and 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.

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Siblings

Benjamin Pitman

Jacob Pitman

Spouses

Mary Brown

Isabella Masters

Children

Ernest Pitman

Alfred Pitman

About the Isaac Pitman

Sir Isaac Pitmanwas an English publisher and 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 vice-president of the Vegetarian Society. Pitman was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1894.