British Businessman, Civil Servant, Publisher, Politician and Spelling Reformer. He is best remembered as the inventor of the Initial Teaching Alphabet. He was the son of Ernest Pitman and Frances Isabel Butler and grandson of Sir Isaac Pitman, who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman Shorthand. James Pitman was to become chairman and joint managing director of the Pitman Press and Pitman Publishing empire. He was a rugby international, playing one Test for England in 1922. He also was a Member of Parliament for Bath from 1945 to 1964.
British Businessman, Civil Servant, Publisher, Politician and Spelling Reformer. He is best remembered as the inventor of the Initial Teaching Alphabet. He was the son of Ernest Pitman and Frances Isabel Butler and grandson of Sir Isaac Pitman, who developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman Shorthand. James Pitman was to become chairman and joint managing director of the Pitman Press and Pitman Publishing empire. He was a rugby international, playing one Test for England in 1922. He also was a Member of Parliament for Bath from 1945 to 1964.
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