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

Starting in 1943, veteran producers such as Simon, Steve Sholes and Morty Palitz supervised dozens of sessions resulting in thousands of songs pressed on special singles for the exclusive enjoyment of servicemen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Sholes said the cemetery knows it’s got a historical curiosity, right now out of the box, sitting in a corner in his office, seen only by staff and to visitors who happened to stop by.

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

"It's a big web and everybody's interconnected," Sholes said.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2020

This seemed to be a very tedious way about, and as dangerous altogether for Sholes; but not for meeting with English or Dutch Ships, which was their greatest Fear.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century, Volume XXXIX: 1683-1690 by Blair, Emma Helen