PITMAN  . See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

ISAAC (1813--1897), See also:

• ENGLISH

English phonographer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• TROWBRIDGE

Trowbridge, See also:

• WILTSHIRE [WILTS]

Wiltshire, on the 4th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1813, and was educated at the See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar school . He started in See also:

• LIFE

life as a clerk in a See also:

• CLOTH

cloth factory, but in 1831 he was sent to the Normal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of the See also:

• BRITISH

British and See also:

• FOREIGN

Foreign School Society in See also:

• LONDON

London . Between 1832 and 1839 he held masterships at See also:

• BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH (1766-1815)
• BARTON, BERNARD (1784–1849)
• BARTON, CLARA (1821– )
• BARTON, ELIZABETH (c. 1506–1534)

Barton-on-See also:

• HUMBER

Humber and See also:

• WOTTON, NICHOLAS (c. 1497–1567)
• WOTTON, SIR HENRY (1568–1639)
• WOTTON, WILLIAM (1666-1727)

Wotton-under-Edge, but he was dismissed by the authorities when he became a Swedenborgian, and from 1839 to 1843 he conducted a private school of his own at See also:

• BATH
• BATH, THOMAS THYNNE
• BATH, WILLIAM

Bath . In 1829 he took up See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• TAYLOR
• TAYLOR, ANN (1782-1866)
• TAYLOR, BAYARD (1825–1878)
• TAYLOR, BROOK (1685–1731)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1787-1865)
• TAYLOR, ISAAC (1829-1901)
• TAYLOR, JEREMY (1613-1667)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (158o-1653)
• TAYLOR, JOHN (1704-1766)
• TAYLOR, JOSEPH (c. 1586-c. 1653)
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL ANGELO (1757–1834)
• TAYLOR, NATHANIEL WILLIAM (1786-1858)
• TAYLOR, PHILIP MEADOWS (1808–1876)
• TAYLOR, ROWLAND (d. 1555)
• TAYLOR, SIR HENRY (1800-1886)
• TAYLOR, THOMAS (1758-1835)
• TAYLOR, TOM (1817-1880)
• TAYLOR, WILLIAM (1765-1836)
• TAYLOR, ZACHARY (1784-1850)

Taylor's See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short-See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, and from that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he became an enthusiast in developing the See also:

• ART

art of phonography . In 1837 he See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew up a See also:

• MANUAL

manual of Taylor's system and offered it to Samuel Bagster (1771-1852) . The publisher did not accept the See also:

• WORK

work, but suggested that Pitman should invent a new system (see SHORTHAND) of his own . The result was his Stenographic Soundhand (1837) . Bagster's friendship and active help had been secured by See also:

• PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

Pit-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man's undertaking to verify the See also:

• HALF

half-million references in the Comprehensive See also:

• BIBLE
• BIBLE, ENGLISH

Bible, and he published the inventor's books at a cheap See also:

• RATE

rate, thus helping to bring the system within the reach of all . Pitman devoted himself to perfecting phonography and propagating its use, and established at Bath a Phonetic See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute and a Phonetic See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal for this purpose; he printed in shorthand a number of See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard See also:

• WORKS

works, and his See also:

• BOOK

book with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Phonography (1840) went through many See also:

• EDITIONS

editions . He was an enthusiastic spelling reformer, and adopted a phonetic system which he tried to bring into See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general use . Pitman was twice married, his first wife dying in 1857, and his second, whom he married in 1861, surviving him .

In 1894 he was knighted, and on the 22nd of January 1897 he died at Bath . Sir Isaac Pitman popularized shorthand at a time when the advance of the newspaper See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press and See also:

• MODERN

modern business methods were making it a See also:

• MATTER

matter of See also:

• GREAT

great commercial importance . His system adapted itself readily to the needs of journalism, and its use revolutionized the work of See also:

• REPORTING

reporting . He was a non-smoker, a vegetarian, and advocated See also:

• TEMPERANCE

temperance principles . His Life was written by See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred See also:

• BAKER, HENRY (1698-1774)
• BAKER, SIR BENJAMIN (1840-1907)
• BAKER, SIR RICHARD (1568-1644/5)
• BAKER, SIR SAMUEL WHITE (1821-1893)
• BAKER, THOMAS (1656-1740)
• BAKER, VALENTINE [BAKER PASHA] (1827-1887)

Baker (19-:8) and (1902) by his See also:

• BROTHER

brother, Benn Pitman (1822–7911) .