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An American newspaper editor and politician named Christopher Latham Sholes invented the first manual typewriter in 1867. His friends and fellow inventors, Carlos Gidden and Samuel Soule, assisted Sholes and together they received a patent for their typewriter in 1868.
Source:
The Great Idea Finder: Christopher Sholes
Science Museum: Christopher Latham Sholes, American newspaper editor and inventor, c 1880s
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