GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 – February 17, 1890) was an American inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard, and, along with Samuel W. Soule, Carlos Glidden and John Pratt, has been contended to be one of the inventors of the first typewriter in the United States.

Detailed explanation-2: -The type-bars were speedy but tended to catch and jam the machine; so Sholes’ business associate James Densmore suggested splitting up keys for letters used commonly together. Thus today’s standard “QWERTY” keyboard was actually invented to slow down typing.

Detailed explanation-3: -The QWERTY layout is attributed to an American inventor named Christopher Latham Sholes, and it made its debut in its earliest form on July 1, 1874–142 years ago today.