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Theophilus Metcalfe
Theophilus Metcalfe (bap. 1610 – c.1645) was an English stenographer. He invented a shorthand system that became popular, in particular, in New England, where it was used to record the Salem witch trials. Life Metcalfe was baptised in Richmond, Yorkshire, and was the tenth child of Matthew Metcalfe and his wife Maria Taylor; Thomas Taylor (1576–1632) was his mother's brother. A professional writer and teacher of shorthand, Metcalfe in 1645 resided in the London parish of St Katharine's by the Tower. He died that year or early in 1646, when his widow assigned rights to reissue the book of his system. Works Metcalfe published a stenographic system very much along the lines of Thomas Shelton's ''Tachygraphy''. The first edition of his work was entitled ''Radio-Stenography, or Short Writing'' and is supposed to have been published in 1635. A so-called sixth edition appeared at London in 1645. It was followed in 1649 by ''A Schoolmaster to Radio-Stenography, explaining all th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theophilus Metcalfe
Theophilus Metcalfe (bap. 1610 – c.1645) was an English stenographer. He invented a shorthand system that became popular, in particular, in New England, where it was used to record the Salem witch trials. Life Metcalfe was baptised in Richmond, Yorkshire, and was the tenth child of Matthew Metcalfe and his wife Maria Taylor; Thomas Taylor (1576–1632) was his mother's brother. A professional writer and teacher of shorthand, Metcalfe in 1645 resided in the London parish of St Katharine's by the Tower. He died that year or early in 1646, when his widow assigned rights to reissue the book of his system. Works Metcalfe published a stenographic system very much along the lines of Thomas Shelton's ''Tachygraphy''. The first edition of his work was entitled ''Radio-Stenography, or Short Writing'' and is supposed to have been published in 1635. A so-called sixth edition appeared at London in 1645. It was followed in 1649 by ''A Schoolmaster to Radio-Stenography, explaining all th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
