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The QWERTY keyboard was invented by Christopher Latham Sholes in the 1870s – and has stayed around ever since. National Treasure: The History of the Lie Detector A Rare Look at Tucker Cars The ...

Alamy In 1866, Christopher Latham Sholes, a Wisconsin newspaper publisher ... When Sholes unveiled his device to a fellow inventor, Carlos Glidden, Glidden had an idea, exclaiming: “Why can ...

The QWERTY layout was created by Milwaukee, Wisconsin newspaper editor Christopher Latham Sholes, who began experimenting with various keyboard designs in the 1860s including a layout with only ...