Timothy Bright
Timothy or Timothe Bright (around 1551, † 1615 ) was a hospital doctor and country pastor in England and developer of a shorthand system .
In 1588 he published his work Characterie ("drawing art"), the first textbook for shorthand in English. Bright was inspired by the Tironic notes and the secret writing . His writing is a word stenography with 18 letters, which consist of a vertical stick with attachments at the head of the stick (so-called stick stenography). In order to get a larger number of characters, the sticks were then added to the foot of the stick. Timothy Bright had influential friends. Queen Elizabeth I granted him the special right to publish short-written books on his own for 15 years.
In this script, William Shakespeare's plays were also secretly recorded. The peculiarities of Bright's shorthand also explain the inconsistencies in the texts of the dramas.
literature
- Thompson Cooper: Bright, Timothy. In: Dictionary of National Biography. Volume 6, MacNillan and Co., New York 1886, pp. 337–339 ( digitized , digitized )
Web links
- Timothy Bright: Characterie von 1588 (reprinted 1888 which contains many errors) (PDF file; 3.47 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bright, Timothy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bright, Timothy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English hospital doctor, country pastor and developer of a stenography system |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1551 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1615 |