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Thomas Shelton (stenographer)

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Thomas Shelton (1600/01–1650(?)) was an English stenographer and the inventor of a much-used British 17th- and 18th-century stenography. [1]

17 relations: Charles Aloysius Ramsay, Consonant, Diphthong, Elisha Coles, English Civil War, Isaac Newton, London, Norfolk, Paris, Parliament of England, Puritans, Samuel Pepys, Shorthand, Theophilus Metcalfe, Thomas Arkisden, Thomas Jefferson, Vowel.

Charles Aloysius Ramsay

Charles Aloysius Ramsay (fl.1677–1680) was a Scottish-Prussian writer on stenography and translator.

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Consonant

In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract.

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Diphthong

A diphthong (or; from Greek: δίφθογγος, diphthongos, literally "two sounds" or "two tones"), also known as a gliding vowel, is a combination of two adjacent vowel sounds within the same syllable.

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Elisha Coles

Elisha Coles (c. 1640 – 1680) was a 17th-century English lexicographer and stenographer.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.

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Isaac Newton

Sir Isaac Newton (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English mathematician, astronomer, theologian, author and physicist (described in his own day as a "natural philosopher") who is widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time, and a key figure in the scientific revolution.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a county in East Anglia in England.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.

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Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England, existing from the early 13th century until 1707, when it became the Parliament of Great Britain after the political union of England and Scotland created the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed.

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Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an administrator of the navy of England and Member of Parliament who is most famous for the diary he kept for a decade while still a relatively young man.

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Shorthand

Shorthand is an abbreviated symbolic writing method that increases speed and brevity of writing as compared to longhand, a more common method of writing a language.

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Theophilus Metcalfe

Theophilus Metcalfe (bap. 1610 – c.1645) was an English stenographer.

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Thomas Arkisden

Thomas Arkisden (fl. 1633), was a stenographer.

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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, [O.S. April 2] 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.

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Vowel

A vowel is one of the two principal classes of speech sound, the other being a consonant.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Shelton_(stenographer)

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