Fact · Typing and writing speed
Wikipedia says the QWERTY layout was devised and created in the early 1870s by Christopher Latham Sholes, a newspaper editor and printer.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“The QWERTY layout was devised and created in the early 1870s by Christopher Latham Sholes”
QWERTY (Wikipedia), Wikipedia, 2026, History.
Open the original- What it measures
- The layout is based on the Sholes and Glidden typewriter, which E. Remington and Sons sold from 1874, according to the same article.
- What it does not show
- This is an encyclopedia summary. The article also gives 1867 as the date of Sholes's first patent application for an early machine, so the layout's origin is dated in more than one way.