Sholes

American  

[shohlz] / ʃoʊlz /

noun

1. Christopher Latham 1819–90, U.S. inventor of the typewriter.

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Sholes British  

/ ʃəʊlz /

noun

1. Christopher Latham. 1819–90, US inventor, who invented (1868) the typewriter and sold the patent to the Remington company (1873)

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Example Sentences

“Markets ‘moved on’ from the war and oil prices when gas prices stopped going up,” Esther Sholes, senior macro analyst at Take Profit Trader, and former portfolio manager at Millennium Investment Management, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

It wasn’t until the 1860s that a trio of U.S. inventors led by Christopher Sholes found the winning approach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025

Washelli does display some historical artifacts in its main office – an old horseshoe found on the property, for example – but Sholes knows that displaying a war trophy could be awkward.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2022

While continuing to play music at night, she worked as a secretary to producers Steve Sholes and Herman Diaz Jr. in the A&R department.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2021

Sholes, an American, after five or six years' work, succeeded in producing a machine sufficiently perfect to warrant extensive manufacture.

From The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various