James Densmore, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

James Densmore

American inventor

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1820

Place of Birth: Leicester, New York, United States

Date of Death: 16-Sep-1889

Profession: engineer, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

James Densmore (February 3, 1820 - September 16, 1889) was an American businessman, inventor and vegetarian.
He was a business associate of Christopher Sholes, who along with Carlos Glidden and Samuel W.
Soule helped contribute to inventing one of the first practical typewriters at a machine shop located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.It was believed that Densmore had suggested splitting up commonly used letter combinations in order to solve a jamming problem, but called in question.
This concept was later refined by Sholes and became known as the QWERTY key layout. Densmore was a militant vegetarian.
His diet consisted of mostly raw apples.
His brother was physician Emmet Densmore.