An educator and inventor of the Pitman system of shorthand writing, born in Trowbridge, England, Jan. 4, 1813; died Jan. 22, 1897.

Sir Isaac Pitman

An educator and inventor of the Pitman system of shorthand writing, born in Trowbridge, England, Jan.…

Pitman's shorthand alphabet, based on the phonetic principle.

Pitman's system of shorthand

Pitman's shorthand alphabet, based on the phonetic principle.