Isaac Pitman — English Inventor born on January 04, 1813, died on January 22, 1897
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 in 1894... (wikipedia)