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Isaac Pitman

Sir Isaac Pitman was an English teacher 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 also the vice president of the Vegetarian Society. Pitman was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1894. - Wikipedia

Born 4 January 1813
Died 22 January 1897

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  • Cover of: A history of shorthand
    Cover of edition ahistoryshortha00pitmgoog First published in 1852 12 editions

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  • Cover of: 700 common-word reading and dictation exercises: Pitman 2000 shorthand edition.

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  • Cover of: [Th]e phonographic teacher: [g]uide to a practical acquaintance with the art of phonography or phonetic shorthand

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  • Cover of: phonographic teacher: a guide to a practical acquaintance with the art of phonography or phonetic shorthand.

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  • Cover of: Pitman shorthand: new course intensive workbook.

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  • Cover of: A Phonographic & Pronouncing Vocabulary of the English Language

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  • Cover of: Course in Isaac Pitman Shorthand

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  • Cover of: phonographic reader: a series of lessons in phonetic shorthand.

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  • Cover of: Reporting exercises: a praxis on the Phonographic reporter; or, Reporter's companion

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  • Cover of: A student's review of Pitman shorthand

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  • Cover of: Key to Pitman's shorthand commercial course

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  • Cover of: Isaac Pitman's short course in shorthand: an exposition of the author's system of phonography arranged in forty lessons ; designed for use in business colleges, high schools, and for self instruction.

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  • Cover of: Isaac Pitman's shorthand instructor: an exposition of Isaac Pitman's system of phonography.

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  • Cover of: Key to course in Isaac Pitman shorthand: an exposition of the author's system of phonography : designed for use in business colleges, high schools, and for self instruction.

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  • Cover of: The phonographic reader: a series of lessons in phonetic shorthand.

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  • Cover of: Phonography, or, writing by sound: a natural method of writing all languages by one alphabet, composed of signs that represent the sounds of the human voice: adapted also to the English language as a complete system of short hand, briefer than any other system, and by which a speaker can be followed verbatim, without the use of arbitrary marks

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  • Cover of: Pitman's shorthand dictionary
    First published in 1906 2 editions

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  • Cover of: The reporter: or, Phonography adapted to verbatim reporting.

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  • Cover of: A plea for spelling reform.: A series of tracts compiled from the Phonetic journal and other periodicals, recommending an enlarged alphabet and a reformed spelling of the English language, as a means of placing the arts of reading and writing within the reach of all who speak the English language or wish to acquire it.

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Born 4 January 1813
Died 22 January 1897

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