The Speech of the Evening given by 1. J. Pitman at a dinner held to commemorate the centenary of the invention of Phonography by Sir Isaac Pitman from the Swan Hotel,
Wotton-under-Edge
In 1837 at Wotton-under-Edge, Sir Isaac Pitman , then a young school-master, originated a method of brief writing that had an absolutely phonetic basis. The invention revolutionised the art of shorthand. I- J. Pitman , who makes the speech of the evening, is the grandson of the inventor.