Samuel Botley
(1642-circa 1696), Stenographer and inventor of a system of shorthandSitter in 1 portrait
after Unknown artist
line engraving, mid to late 17th century
NPG D30463
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Colin Waters
20 December 2017, 16:48
Samuel Botley 1642- circa 1696. English Stenographer and Inventor of a system of shorthand which he published and taught in London and other cities. He published ' Maximum in Minimo, or Mr. Jeremiah Rich's Pens Dexterity..."