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
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Shorthand, Pitman, Exercises for dictation, Dictionaries, Problems, exercises, Sténographie anglaise, Texts, Problèmes et exercices, Sténographie, Phrasebooks, English, 1913, Spelling reform, Almanacs, Bibliography, Coinage, Controversial literature, Decimal system, Dictation and reading exercises, English language, Exercices de dictée, Exercises, 1893, Grammar, Isaac Pitman, Micmac language, Money, New Jerusalem ChurchPlaces
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- OLID: OL4334988A
- ISNI: 0000000118275537
- Library of Congress Names: nr93049330
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CUBV126115
- VIAF: 59450487
- Wikidata: Q1390838
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q1390838
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- Pitman, Isaac Sir
- Pitman, Isaac Sir.
- PITMAN, Isaac Sir.
- Sir Isaac Pitman
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