# Christopher Latham Sholes

> Christopher Latham Sholes 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. Sholes".

*American politician (1819–1890)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/christopher-latham-sholes

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1819-02-14
- **Died:** 1890-02-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 54.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 15.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 20.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 16.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Christopher Latham Sholes](https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Latham_Sholes)
- [كروستوفر شولز](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2)
- [كروستوفر شولز](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2)
- [کریستوفر لتم شولز](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%85_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2)
- [Кристофър Шоулс](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%8A%D1%80_%D0%A8%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%81)
- [کریستۆفەر شۆلز](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%86%D9%81%DB%95%D8%B1_%D8%B4%DB%86%D9%84%D8%B2)
- [Christopher Latham Sholes](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Latham_Sholes)
- [Christopher Latham Sholes](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Latham_Sholes)
- [Christopher Latham Sholes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Latham_Sholes)
- [Christopher Sholes](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Sholes)
- [کریستوفر لتم شولز](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81%D8%B1_%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%85_%D8%B4%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2)
- [Christopher Latham Sholes](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Latham_Sholes)
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- [Cristopher Sholes](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristopher_Sholes)
- [Քրիստոֆեր Շոուլզ](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%86%D5%A5%D6%80_%D5%87%D5%B8%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AC%D5%A6)
- [Christopher Sholes](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Sholes)
- [Christopher Sholes](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Sholes)
- [クリストファー・レイサム・ショールズ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA)
- [Christopher Latham Sholes](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Latham_Sholes)
- [ക്രിസ്റ്റഫർ ലഥാം ഷോൾസ്](https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%A5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%8B%E0%B5%BE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D)
- [Christopher Latham Sholes](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Latham_Sholes)
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- [Шоулз, Кристофер Лэтем](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B7%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9B%D1%8D%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BC)
- [Christopher Sholes](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Sholes)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453351)

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