Timothy Bright
1551?-1615
English physician and cleric who is credited with developing the first modern shorthand system, which he initially used to transcribe an epistle of St. Paul. Bright's ...
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Shorthand
Greek inscriptions indicate that as early as the fourth century B.C. people have used abbreviated script in an attempt to keep pace with the speed of speech (140 words per minute, on average...
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Timothy Bright
Shorthand