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Samuel W. Soulé

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Wisconsin Historical Marker

Samuel W. Soulé (January 25, 1830 – July 12, 1875),^[1] along with Christopher Latham Sholes and Carlos Glidden, was the inventor of the first practical typewriter in the US at a machine shop^{[clarification needed]} located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US in 1869.^[2]

References

^ A contribution to the history, biography and genealogy of the families named Sole, Solly, Soule, Sowle, Soulis;pp. 864-866

^ Invention of the Typewriter Archived 2011-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, Wisconsin Historical Marker, Retrieved May 11, 2008.

v t e Typewriters
Manufacturers	Brother Commodore International E. Remington and Sons IBM Imperial Typewriter Company Oliver Typewriter Company Olivetti Royal Typewriter Company Sharp Silver Seiko Smith Corona Underwood Typewriter Company Xerox
Models	Blickensderfer typewriter Data Recall Diamond Hammond Typewriter Hansen Writing Ball IBM Selectric Sholes and Glidden typewriter Olivetti Valentine Hermes 3000
Prominent figures	Lucien Stephen Crandall Frank Haven Hall James Densmore Carlos Glidden Rasmus Malling-Hansen Henry Mill John Jonathon Pratt Clarence Seamans Christopher Sholes James Fields Smathers Lyman Cornelius Smith Samuel W. Soulé Kyota Sugimoto Ettore Sottsass
Components	Keyboard layout AZERTY Dvorak QWERTY QWERTZ Platen
Accessories	Carbon paper Correction fluid Erasing shield Ink ribbon Typewriter desk Typewriter eraser
Occupations	Copy typist Audio typist Data entry clerk Secretary Speech-to-text reporter Stenographer Typesetting
Cultural and health aspects	Boston Typewriter Orchestra Etaoin shrdlu Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing Repetitive strain injury Samizdat Speed typing contest The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog Touch typing

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