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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

  1. ^ A contribution to the history, biography and genealogy of the families named Sole, Solly, Soule, Sowle, Soulis;pp. 864-866
  2. ^ Invention of the Typewriter Archived 2011-12-20 at the Wayback Machine, Wisconsin Historical Marker, Retrieved May 11, 2008.