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Sir Isaac Pitman
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Born January 4, 1813 • Trowbridge • England
Died January 12, 1897 (aged 84) • Somerset • England
Notable Works “Stenographic Sound Hand”
Subjects Of Study phonetics • Pitman shorthand • orthography

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