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History of Shorthand: Chronological list of shorthand systems
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History of Shorthand: Chronological list of shorthand systems
This list of shorthand systems includes mainly English language systems and is admittedly not complete. It has been compiled from various sources and notifications of any errors or omissions will be appreciated. Many shorthand systems were published anonymously and where they cannot be verified they have been omitted.
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| Year | Name | Book |
|---|---|---|
| 1588 | Bright, Timothey | Characterie |
| 1590 | Bales, Peter | Writing Schoolmaster |
| 1602 | Willis, John | Art of Stenography: or short-writing by spelling characterie |
| 1617 | Reginald, Bathsua | Index Radiographia |
| 1620 | Folkingham, William | Brachygraphie Post-Writt |
| 1621 | Labourer, William | Art of Short English Writing |
| 1621 | Willoughby, Edward | Art of Swift Writing |
| 1626 | Shelton, Thomas | Short Writing: the most exact method |
| 1633 | Dix, Henry | New Art of Brachygraphy |
| 1633 | Metcalfe, Theophilus | Art of Stenography |
| 1633 | Whiting, Thomas | Brachygraphia |
| 1635 | Maud, Richard | Semen Brachygraphia |
| 1642 | Cartwright, William | Semography |
| 1644 | Heath, Thomas | Stenographie |
| 1645 | Cross, Thomas | Art of Charactre |
| 1645 | Oxfford, Thomas | Stenography |
| 1646 | Rich, Jeremiah | Charactery |
| 1647 | West, Simon | Art's improvement |
| 1650 | Shelton, Thomas | Tachygraphy: the most exact and compendious method of short and swift writing … |
| 1654 | Farthing, John | Short Writing Shortened |
| 1656 | Dalgarno, George | Character Universalis |
| 1657 | Ratcliffe, Thomas | Art of Short Writing by Characters |
| 1658 | Everardt, Job | Epitome of Stenography |
| 1659 | Bridges, Noah | Stenographie |
| 1660 | Anon. | A Mirror for Short-hand Writers |
| 1670 | Hopkins, William | Flying Pen-man |
| 1672 | Facy, William | Complement of Stenography |
| 1672 | Mason, William | Pen Pluck'd from an Eagle's Wing |
| 1672 | Shelton, Samuel | Brachygraphy |
| 1673 | Stileman, Robert | Short-hand Shortened |
| 1674 | Botley, Samuel | Maximum in Minimo |
| 1674 | Coles, Elisha | Newest, Plainest and Shortest Short-hand Extant |
| 1674 | Metcalfe, Theophilus | Short-writing, 10ed |
| 1677 | Stringer, Nathaniel | Rich Redivivus: or Mr Jeremiah Rich's shorthand improved |
| 1678 | Steel, Lawrence | Short Writing begun by nature: completed by art |
| 1684 | Addy, William | Stenographia |
| 1684 | Anon. | Art of Short Writing (combination of Shelton and Rich) |
| 1687 | Ridpath, George | Short-hand yet Shorter |
| 1690 | West, John | System of Short-hand |
| 1692 | Mather, William | Young Man's Companion |
| 1692 | Nicholas, Abraham | Thoographia: or a new art of short-hand |
| 1712 | Brown, J. | Stenography |
| 1712 | Tanner, Francis | Plainest, Easiest and Prettiest Method |
| 1715 | Lane, Sanuel | Art of Short-writing |
| 1730 | Weston, James | Stenography completed: or the art of short-hand brought to perfection |
| 1736 | Gibbs, Philip | An Essay towards a Further Improvement of Short-hand |
| 1744 | Andrews, Thomas | Rudiments of Shorthand |
| 1747 | Macaulay, Aulay | Polygraphy |
| 1748 | “Philomath” | Short-hand Improved |
| 1748 | Jeake, Samuel | Elements of a Short Hand |
| 1748 | P.M. | A New System |
| 1748 | W.C. | An Alphabet of Shorthand |
| 1750 | Gurney, Thomas | Brachygraphy: or short-writing made easy to the meanest capacity |
| 1751 | Tiffin, William | A New Help and Improvement |
| 1758 | Angell, John | Stenography: or short-hand improved |
| 1759 | Smart, Jonathan | World's Jewel |
| 1760 | Mitchell, John | Stenography Compleated |
| 1760 | Taplin, Henry | Short-hand adapted to the meanest capacity |
| 1761 | Swaine, James and Simms, Joseph | Cryptography: or a new, easy and compendious system of short-hand … |
| 1762 | Lyle, David | Art of Shorthand Improved |
| 1763 | Anon. | Alphabet of Reason |
| 1764 | Meilan, Mark Anthony | Stenography |
| 1765 | Clayton, Anthony | Improvement on Mr. Weston |
| 1765 | Gordon, W. | Concise and East Method |
| 1766 | Holdsworth, William and Aldridge, W. | Natural Shorthand |
| 1767 | Byrom, John | Universal English Shorthand |
| 1774 | Palmer, John A | New Scheme of Shorthand |
| 1775 | Graves, Robert and Ashton, Samuel | Whole Art of Tachygraphy |
| 1775 | Stackhouse, Thomas | Art of Short-hand on a new plan |
| 1775 | Williamson, William | Stenography: or a complete system of shorthand |
| 1778 | Mavor, W. F. M. | Concise System of Universal Stenography |
| 1779 | Blanchard, William Isaac | Complete instructor of Short Hand |
| 1779 | Hervey, Thomas | Writer's Time Redeemed |
| 1780 | Soare, Samuel | Tachybrachygraphy |
| 1783 | Nash, M. | Stenography |
| 1784 | West, John | System of Short Hand |
| 1786 | Taylor, Samuel | A Universal System of Phonography or Short Hand-writing |
| 1787 | Bordley, Simon | Cadmus Britannicus: or the art of writing improved |
| 1787 | Graham, William | Stenography, an easy system |
| 1787 | Mitchell, John | Elements of shorthand |
| 1791 | Molineux, Thomas | Elements of Shorthand |
| 1791 | Tailor, R. | Stenography or shorthand |
| 1796 | Rees, Thomas | New system of stenography or short hand, 3ed |
| 1798 | Crome, A. | Art of Writing Shorthand |
| 1799 | Doddridge, Philip | Brief and Easy System |
| 1800 | Austin, John | Stenography |
| 1800 | Harwin, William | New, Easy and Expeditious System |
| 1800 | Hodson, Thomas | The Accomplished Tutor |
| 1800 | Prosser, M. Radclyffe | A Concise System |
| 1800 | Richardson, Samuel | A New System |
| 1802 | Roe, Richard | A New System |
| 1803 | Prosser, M. Radclyffe | Short-hand made easy to every capacity: or a new system of stenography |
| 1804 | Williams, W. | A New System |
| 1806 | Nicholson, George and Samuel | Stenography: or a new system of shorthand |
| 1807 | Brand, Thomas | Art of Stenography |
| 1808 | Vale, Benjamin | A New System |
| 1809 | Guy, Joseph | Guy's Concise and Practical System |
| 1809 | Harwin, W. | Harwin's easy shorthand improved |
| 1810 | Clive, John Henry | Mavor Abbreviated |
| 1812 | Clayton, Thomas L. | Steganography |
| 1812 | Hunter, Andrew | An Easy System |
| 1812 | Lewis, James Henry | The Ready Writer |
| 1812 | Sams, Samuel | A Complete and Universal System of stenography: or shorthand |
| 1813 | Lawson, Edward | Chancery and Court-Hand Explained |
| 1814 | Adams, James | Essay to Simplify and Improve (Byrom's system) |
| 1814 | Dangerfield, John | New and Simple System |
| 1814 | Ewington, Henry | Short hand: or the flying pen |
| 1814 | Stones, A. W. | Complete System of shorthand |
| 1815 | Bobbet, J. H. | A New System |
| 1815 | Kitchingman, Thomas | New System |
| 1815 | Mitchell, James | An Easy System |
| 1816 | Duncan, James | New Introduction to Stenography |
| 1816 | Everett, Robert | Stenographia (Welsh) |
| 1816 | Oxley, Thomas | Facilography |
| 1817 | Gardiner, William | Multum in Parvo |
| 1818 | Floyd, Aaron | Art of Writing Short Hand made easy |
| 1819 | Farr, Richard | A New and Practical Method |
| 1819 | Gawtress, William | A Practical Introduction (Byrom's system) |
| 1820 | Kelly, J. | Manual of Short Hand |
| 1821 | Bingham, Peregrine | A System of Short Hand |
| 1822 | Moon, John | An Easy Introduction |
| 1823 | Harding, William | Universal Stenography |
| 1823 | Jackson, George | Two New and Efficient Systems |
| 1823 | Nightingale, Joseph | Rational Stenography |
| 1823 | Walker, C. | Stenography |
| 1824 | Green, Charles John | Brachygraphy |
| 1824 | Orme, Henry | System of Short-hand Writing |
| 1824 | Wailes, G. | Short hand simplified |
| 1825 | Bennett, John | Short-hand Explained |
| 1825 | Gibbons, Thomas | A New System of short-hand |
| 1825 | Macdougal, Duncan | An Improved System |
| 1825 | Upington, Henry | An Easy, Rapid and Compendious Method |
| 1826 | Enfield, W. A. | An Improved System |
| 1826 | Gardner, Thomas | Winter Evenings at Brighton |
| 1826 | Hinton, E. | Stenography |
| 1826 | Williams, Theophilus | Academical Stenography: a simplified system of short hand adapted to the juvenile capacity. |
| 1828 | Knight, T. D. | Art of Shorthand on a new principle of contraction |
| 1828 | Latham, Charles | Attempt to Re-model the Art of Stenography |
| 1828 | Reynolds, W. | Concise and Perfect System |
| 1829 | Carstairs, J. | Practical System |
| 1830 | Clive, J. H. | The linear system of shorthand |
| 1830 | Thomas, John | Arcana Stenographia (Welsh) |
| 1831 | Henshaw, Willkiam | Richardson's Shorthand Improved |
| 1831 | Shorter, Robert | Plain Instructions |
| 1831 | Towndrow, Thomas | A Complete Guide to stenography: or an entirely new system of writing short hand |
| 1832 | Aitchison, Jasper and John | New System of Shorthand |
| 1832 | Cooke, John Henry | Taylor's System of Stenography |
| 1832 | Jones, George William | Byrom Improved |
| 1832 | Odell, George | System of Shorthand (Taylor improved) |
| 1832 | Wells, John | Facilis, Celera, Certa |
| 1833 | Moat, Thomas | Short-hand Standard Attempted |
| 1833 | Parker, Thomas | Parliamentary System of Shorthand Simplified |
| 1833 | Perkins, Mrs. E. S. | Cryptography |
| 1833 | Roffe, Robert | Cabbell Stenographical Accidence |
| 1834 | Gardner, John | Short-hand Writer's Pocket Guide |
| 1834 | Skaife, Thomas | Double Stenography |
| 1834 | Tear, Laming Warren | Short short hand |
| 1835 | Cadman, Daniel | School Stenography: a system of lineal shorthand |
| 1835 | Curtis, J. | Short-hand made Shorter |
| 1835 | Curtis, J. | Short-hand made shorter: or stenography simplified |
| 1835 | Feeny, R. | Improved edition of Wood's Shorthand |
| 1835 | George, J. | Stenography: or shorthand made easy to every capacity |
| 1835 | Sigston, W. H. | Synopsis of stenography |
| 1835 | Whitehead, William | Short-hand Improved: new & practical system of stenography |
| 1836 | Day, H. W. | A complete system of shorthand writing |
| 1836 | How, Thomas | Ideagraphy |
| 1836 | Kerin, Charles | Concise System of Shorthand |
| 1836 | Kerr, John | Furthest Step in Shorthand Writing |
| 1836 | Nelson, I. | Parliamentary and Forensic Short-Hand-Writer |
| 1836 | Webster, Joseph | System of Stenography on a New Principle: in six letters … |
| 1837 | Feeny, R. | Universal system of shorthand, 4ed |
| 1837 | Galloway, John | New System of Stenography |
| 1837 | Pitman, Isaac | Stenographic Sound-Hand |
| 1837 | Ventris, E. | Stenographic Standards |
| 1838 | Foster, Thomas Campbell | Plain Instructions |
| 1838 | Frank, Franco | Short Hints on Shorthand |
| 1838 | Leonard, S. W. | Short-hand for the people |
| 1838 | Mackenzie, Eneas | Shorthand made easy |
| 1838 | Tyson, A. G. | The Student's Friend: new system of shorthand in a natural alphabet … |
| 1838 | Williams, Charles | Improved system of shorthand or stenography |
| 1839 | De Stains, V. D. | Phonegraphy |
| 1839 | Gow, J. | Art of Stenography |
| 1839 | Hanaford, L. B. | Short and Concise System of stenography |
| 1839 | Parry, L. P. | Stenographia (Welsh) |
| 1839 | Roberts, Thomas | Stenographia (Welsh) |
| 1839 | Waddington, Richard | Improved system of stenography |
| 1840 | Carpenter, William | Handbook of Stenography |
| 1840 | Clarke, J. | British Brachygraphy |
| 1840 | Dawson, Robert | Taylor's Universal System |
| 1840 | Eyre, George Edward Briscoe | New and Complete System |
| 1840 | Fancutt, J. | Stenography Remodelled |
| 1840 | Glover, James | Expeditious and legible reporter; an easy system of shorthand |
| 1840 | Glover, James | Geometric Shorthand |
| 1840 | Granville | New System of Shorthand |
| 1840 | Templeton, P. B. | Six Lessons on Shorthand |
| 1841 | Hargreaves, James | Expeditious Writer |
| 1842 | Buck, J. H. | Stenographic Standard |
| 1842 | Good, Samuel A. | Etymography |
| 1842 | Saxton, Charles | New system of stenography: for the use of schools and colleges |
| 1842 | Shoveller, John | Manual of Shorthand |
| 1842 | Woodhouse, Simeon S. | Practical System of short-hand writing: … Taylor's universal stenography |
| 1843 | Bradley, George B. | Concise and Practical System of Stenography |
| 1844 | Brumby, C. | New System of Shorthand |
| 1845 | Blundell, Henry | Shorthand Simplified |
| 1845 | Shilkleto, W. | Tabular Shorthand: adapted for persons of every age |
| 1846 | Feaston, I. T. | System of Stenography |
| 1846 | Sproat, A. D. | System of breviscription |
| 1846 | Wilson, William | Improved System of Stenography |
| 1847 | Davidson, J, | Best New System of Short-Hand |
| 1847 | Fancutt, J. | Idiography: a system … based on grammar |
| 1847 | Kentish, John | Manual of Shorthand |
| 1847 | Selwyn, William (pseudonym) | Phonography: a new system of shorthand [Robert Wailes] |
| 1847 | Snaith, Joseph | Elements of Universal Language: or shorthand & phonography combined |
| 1848 | Bailey, Keyes A. | A practical exposition of phonography: or writing by sound |
| 1848 | Plumb, W. | Alphabet of Language: or stenography … and shorthand made easy |
| 1849 | Needham, Clement R. | Diamond Shorthand |
| 1850 | Gabelsberger, Franz | Anleitung zur Deutschen Redezeichenkunst oder Stenographie |
| 1852 | Bailey, Phineas | A pronouncing stenography .. A complete system of short hand writing |
| 1852 | Bell, Alexander Melville | Steno-Phonography |
| 1852 | Everett, Joseph David | Shorthand |
| 1852 | Hart, W. H. & Monteath, J. | Stenography |
| 1852 | Oliver, William | Gurney's Adapted |
| 1855 | Hammond, David | Practical Stenographer |
| 1855 | Price, John | Three Systems of Shorthand |
| 1856 | Brown, D.S. | Abbreviations |
| 1856 | Cameron, George | Shorthand Writer's Pocket Guide |
| 1856 | Gassion, Alfred Raphael | Phonical Stenography |
| 1856 | Huxham, John | New System of Shorthand |
| 1856 | Lyle,William | Shorthand Handbook |
| 1856 | Soper, Ebenezer | Practical Stenographer: or shorthand for schools and self-instruction |
| 1857 | Coleman, Morris | Stenography |
| 1857 | Dircks, Henry | Lineal Shorthand |
| 1857 | Graham, Andrew J. | Brief longhand: a system of longhand contractions |
| 1858 | Cooper, Thompson | Parliamentary Short-Hand |
| 1858 | Cooper, Thompson | Parliamentary shorthand |
| 1858 | Forsyth, G. | Stenography phonographized: or phonetic shorthand |
| 1858 | Graham, Andrew J. | Handbook of standard or American phonography |
| 1858 | Rutlidge, George | Stenography: or shorthand made easy to every capacity |
| 1859 | Freeman, John | Concise, Simple and Easy System of Shorthand |
| 1860 | Hill, Thomas Wright | Selections from the Papers of the Late, |
| 1862 | Foster, F. | Manual of Edeography |
| 1862 | Jones, Edward James | Handbook of Phonography |
| 1863 | Thompson, John | Shorthand Swift as Speech |
| 1864 | Beale, Joseph | Neography: a new system of shorthand |
| 1864 | Carr, John Rodham | Vowel system of shorthand |
| 1864 | D'Edmence, T | Universal Stenography |
| 1864 | Hall, William | Expeditious Writing |
| 1864 | Michaelis, Gustav | English Stenography (Stolze' system) |
| 1864 | Pettigrew, William | Guide to Verbatim Reporting |
| 1865 | Berger, G | Universal System of Shorthand |
| 1866 | Scovil, William Elias | Practical stenography: or shorthand |
| 1867 | Munson, James Eugene | Complete phonographer: being an inductive exposition of phonography |
| 1867 | Renshaw, G. Pearson | New and Compendious Substitute for Common ~Writing |
| 1867 | Ter Reehorst, K.P. | Stenography & Phonography |
| 1867 | Williams, W. Mattieu | Shorthand for Everybody |
| 1868 | Duployé, Emile | Stenographie Duployé |
| 1868 | Gardner, J.K. | System of Shorthand |
| 1868 | Gardner, John | Gardner's system of shorthand … |
| 1868 | Marsh, Andrew Jackson | Manual of reformed phonetic shorthand |
| 1868 | Thompson, Alexander Herbert | Stenography: or a complete system of shorthand |
| 1869 | Beale, Joseph | Pantagraphy: a perfect system of phonetic shorthand |
| 1869 | Christien, John H.L. | Every Boy's School Book of Shorthand |
| 1869 | Lindsley, David Philip | Elements of tachygraphy |
| 1869 | Newman, Henry | Aids to Shorthand Writing |
| 1869 | Young, Murdo | Readable Short-Hand |
| 1870 | Millard, G. | System of Shorthand |
| 1871 | Rundell, Joseph Benjamin | Short and easy way to write English as spoken by means of a shorthand alphabet … |
| 1872 | Redfern, F. | Manual of edeography, or the art of writing by sound … |
| 1873 | Geiger, Alfred | Stenography or universal European shorthand |
| 1874 | Hunter, S. | Phonetic Shorthand |
| 1874 | Ritchie, Wallace | Shorthand Simplified: a system of abbreviated longhand |
| 1874 | Woolbert, Frederick | Suggestions for an Abbreviated System |
| 1875 | Parsons, Alfred | New and Easy System of Shorthand |
| 1875 | Passmore, William | Shorthand in a Day |
| 1875 | Wills, G.H. | Commercial Shorthand |
| 1876 | Armstrong, R. | Linear phonography; a natural system of shorthand for general use. |
| 1876 | Bruce | A manual of Bruce's radial system of shorthand |
| 1877 | Smith, John Brown | First stenografik teacher |
| 1878 | Anderson, Thomas | Synopsis of a New System of short writing |
| 1878 | Williams, James | Alethography |
| 1879 | Hunt, Joseph | Aristography: a new system of shorthand writing |
| 1879 | Hunt, Joseph | New System |
| 1880 | Cobbin, J.L. | The people's shorthand: (intended for self-tuition) |
| 1880 | Humphrey, O.R. | Humphrey's System of Shorthand |
| 1880 | Noble, James Ashcroft | Dot and Dash Shorthand |
| 1881 | Biddle, D. | Shorthand made easy: or the locomotive system of stenography |
| 1881 | Elliott, Moncrieff | New System |
| 1881 | English, Thomas | Stenoboligraphy |
| 1881 | McLagan, Henry | Phonastenography |
| 1881 | Pocknell, Edward | Legible Shorthand |
| 1881 | Simson, James | Syllabic Shorthand |
| 1882 | Janes, Alfred | Standard Stenography (Taylor's system) |
| 1882 | Peachey, David Augustus | Shorthand Shortened |
| 1882 | Pernin, Helen M. | Pernin's phonographic instructor: adaptation to English of Duployan French method. |
| 1882 | Pocknell, Edward | Common shorthand |
| 1882 | Sloan, John Matthew | Duployan Shorthand |
| 1882 | Thornton, G.H. | Modern stenographer: a complete system of light-line phonography |
| 1883 | Allen, G.G. | Universal phonography; or shorthand by the Allen method |
| 1883 | Guest, Edwin | Compendious Shorthand: or universal speech |
| 1883 | Kimball, D. | Popular shorthand in a nutshell |
| 1883 | Lowes, John D. | Stenography, or shorthand writing |
| 1884 | Armitage, Miles | Syllabic Writing: or shorthand made easy |
| 1884 | Miller, R.E. | Lessons in Shorthand |
| 1884 | Neville, J. | Scientific shorthand: (based on syllabic indication) |
| 1884 | North, W. S. | Popular Edition of Gurney's Shorthand |
| 1884 | Pickles, John | Reporting Simplified |
| 1884 | Thwaites, J. B. | New Business Shorthand |
| 1885 | Baily, William R. | Facile Short-hand Tutor |
| 1885 | Barter, John | The self-instructor in ABC. Shorthand for colleges, schools and private study |
| 1885 | Clarke, Edward George | Swifthand |
| 1885 | Coombe, John E. | Comprehensive Shorthand |
| 1885 | Lockett, Allan Backhouse | Shorthand Instructor |
| 1885 | Malone, Thomas Stratford | Script phonography: shorthand on the slope of longhand |
| 1885 | Mares, George Carl | Rational Shorthand: a script-geometrical syllabic vowel connective system of phon-stenography |
| 1885 | Michell, W.J.O. | Universal System |
| 1885 | Sawyer, John | Swifthand |
| 1885 | Valpy, Francis H. (Digamma) | Audeography: the new shorthand |
| 1885 | Verity, John Showler | New system of phonography |
| 1886 | Barlow, William H. | Normal phonography: adapted to all styles of reporting |
| 1887 | Benson, William | Universal Phonography |
| 1887 | Bishop George Riker | Exact phonography: a system with connectible stroke vowel signs |
| 1887 | Browne, Alfred H. | Legible Phonography: a new system of phonetic shorthand |
| 1887 | Davies, David Stephen | Manual of sonography: or the longhand-shorthand |
| 1887 | Dettmann, Frederick Orpheus | Compete text-book of phono-stenography |
| 1887 | Gottschling, Andreas | Phonography |
| 1887 | Harris, George Alfred | Manual of Eureka shorthand |
| 1887 | Kingsford, Percy Edward | Oxford shorthand |
| 1887 | Maugham, G. F. | Shorthand free and easy |
| 1888 | Ellis, M.P. | Textbook of Duplyé's Shorthand |
| 1888 | Freeman, Henry | Writing Simplified |
| 1888 | Gregg, John Robert | Light-line Phonography |
| 1888 | Meares, Frederick Leopold | Simplicity: a new system of phonetic shorthand |
| 1888 | Mulvey, F.J. | Acme phonography: the only system which combines legibility with brevity of outline |
| 1888 | Richter, Henry | G-R Phonography |
| 1889 | Blake G. Ridsdale | Kraipnography |
| 1889 | Callendar, Hugh Longbourne | A manual of cursive shorthand |
| 1889 | Heather, W. | Simple Shorthand: revised edition of Taylor's original system |
| 1889 | MacFarlane, Malcolm | Phonetics of the Gaelic language with a system of Phonography |
| 1889 | Smart, Ernest | Ne Plus Ultra Stenography |
| 1889 | White, Harry | Orthographic Shorthand |
| 1890 | Baker, Arthur M. | The stenographic instructor: an improved system of short-hand writing |
| 1890 | Box, John | Sigrita |
| 1890 | Hemperley, Francis H. | Analogical syllabic shorthand |
| 1890 | Mares, George Carl | National stenography: an entirely new system of shorthand |
| 1890 | Morrell, Charles | System of phonic writing |
| 1890 | Needham, Clement R. | Perlskript: or Needham's shorthand, being what 'logography' of 1852 has ripened to |
| 1891 | Browne, Walter Thurlow | Simplex Shorthand |
| 1891 | Emmett, Lewis Emmanuel | A.1 Shorthand |
| 1891 | Osgoodby, William Wesley | Phonetic shorthand: a manual for … schools and private students (Pitman) |
| 1891 | Taylor, Francis | Musical Shorthand |
| 1891 | Wakeford, W.W. | Shorthand Made Easy by Correspondence |
| 1892 | Fielding, John | Vocal Shorthand |
| 1892 | Hay, William | Shorthand Simplified and improved |
| 1892 | Skinner, F. | Skinner's Rapid Longhand |
| 1892 | Sweet, Henry | Manual of current shorthand: orthographic and phonetic |
| 1892 | Woodcock, William H. | Modern shorthand with the outline of a new system |
| 1893 | Abbott, Frederick Fant | Swiftograph |
| 1893 | Chandler, Mary Alderson | Chandler's practical shorthand … for use of schools and colleges |
| 1893 | Cross, Jesse George | Eclectic shorthand; writing by principles instead of arbitrary signs … |
| 1893 | Davies, David | Simplified Shorthand |
| 1893 | Muller, I. Max | Simplex shorthand |
| 1893 | Strickland, Theron Charles | Twentieth century shorthand |
| 1893 | Teale, Henry | Light line phonography |
| 1894 | Case, Leland B. | Practical shorthand: … based on the Pitmanic alphabet |
| 1894 | Grapho | Graphonography: an original treatise on short-hand |
| 1894 | Page, J.P. | Graphonography |
| 1894 | Spencer, William George | Lucid Shorthand |
| 1895 | Anderton, H. | Speed-o-Graf: new system of writing based on spoken sounds of English langauge |
| 1895 | Brandt, Carl | Duployan shorthand adapted to English |
| 1895 | Brookes, Henry Charles | Figure Shorthand |
| 1895 | Dougherty, George Edwin | Complete manual of the brief system of shorthand |
| 1895 | Jenkin, James | One and All Shorthand |
| 1896 | Day, Alfred | New American shorthand (Graham) |
| 1896 | Deason, Edward James | Stenotype Shorthand |
| 1896 | Hines, Joseph | Breviscript: new syllabic shorthand without vowels |
| 1896 | McClure, Robert | Shorthand for the Many |
| 1896 | Stevens, W. | Teaching of Orthic Shorthand (Callendar's system) |
| 1896 | Stewart, William | New and Easy Shorthand |
| 1897 | Atkins, H. Howard | Velocigraph: the 20th century shorthand |
| 1897 | Baldwin, P.W. | Unigraphy |
| 1897 | Harrington, Frederick Charles A. | Manual of Lightning Phonography |
| 1897 | Pierce, Will Halford | New System of Phonetic Shorthand |
| 1897 | Semmes. Alexander H. | Semmes' simplified shorthand: alphabet and suggestions |
| 1898 | Clay, Arthur Joseph | Manual of Linear Shorthand |
| 1898 | Percebois, J.A.A. | Brachystography |
| 1899 | Law Clerk | Easy and Rapid Method of Learning Shorthand at Sight |
| 1899 | Cay, Armisted | Accentia: a system of accented and abbreviated shorthand |
| 1899 | Ward, Nicholas | New American Stenography |
| 1900 | Caton, Thomas Jasper | Scientific shorthand: system based on the Pitman alphabet |
| 1900 | McEwan, Oliver | Royal Shorthand: the art of phraseography |
| 1900 | Schindelar, Arthur | International Script Shorthand |
| 1901 | Hughes, Joseph Fowler | Shorthand for the New Century |
| 1901 | Woollen, Henry | Anglian Shorthand |
| 1902 | Jenkin, James | Universal shorthand |
| 1902 | Kruger, Frank Philip | The so-short system of phonic shorthand |
| 1903 | Hadden, John Wesley | Hadden Shorthand Lessons |
| 1903 | Harkins, Francis William | Graphic Shorthand |
| 1903 | Palmer, Henry Herbert Orpen | Sound-Spelt English |
| 1903 | Philp, H.C. | New English Script System |
| 1903 | White, Frederick William | Briefhand or orthographic shorthand; an abbreviated system of writing words as spelt |
| 1904 | Miles, C.C. | Miles Pitmanic shorthand |
| 1905 | Dement, Isaac Strange | Aristography |
| 1905 | Howard, C.M. | New shorthand |
| 1905 | Musick, William Leslie | Universal shorthand |
| 1906 | Banaji, K.N. | The simplex shorthand in theory and practice |
| 1907 | Clarke, Edward George | Easy shorthand |
| 1907 | Graham, Andrew J. | Graham's amanuensis phonography |
| 1907 | Ryan, R.M. | Fonriting: the newest, simplest, quickest method of recording human speech |
| 1908 | Beers, James Wellington | Beers shorthand |
| 1908 | Thompson, J.C. | Shorthand made easy, 6ed |
| 1909 | Boyd, Robert | Boyd's syllabic shorthand instructor |
| 1909 | Clarke, Edward George | Swifthand; a new, simple and rapid method of writing |
| 1909 | Dillon, Charles | Imperial shorthand |
| 1909 | Trewhella, Matthew | Easy shorthand |
| 1910 | Richards, L.H. | Richards Bristol shorthand |
| 1911 | Bayliss, William John | Perpendicular shorthand |
| 1912 | Blackburn, D | Blackdell's print shorthand; the office system by D. Blackburn |
| 1912 | Mack, J.B. | Mack shorthand: a connective-vowel system for everybody |
| 1912 | Stirling, W. | Lightning phonography: self-instructing |
| 1913 | Oliver, George A.S. | Complete manual of cursive phonography: corresponding style |
| 1915 | Foxall, F.C. | Expert shorthand: the last word in speed writing |
| 1915 | Pringle, Harry Polk | Pringle's ideal shorthand: light-line phonography … |
| 1916 | Denning, J.R. | Shorthand in three lessons |
| 1916 | Dutton, Reginald John Garfield | Dutton's Shorthand |
| 1917 | Baines, Francis Slater | Typed Shorthand |
| 1917 | Gibbs, W. Campbell | Phoenix Shorthand |
| 1917 | King, H. | Analogous Shorthand |
| 1917 | Rose, Robert Forest | Rose expert system of shorthand |
| 1917 | Summerhayes, T. Stanley | Summerhaye's shorthand |
| 1918 | Dickson, A. | Dickson Shorthand |
| 1918 | Licence, Frank Hart | Longhand Shortened |
| 1919 | Chase, Percival Herbert | National Simplex Shorthand |
| 1919 | Clark, Noel Mistrel | Imperial Business Shorthand |
| 1919 | Jepson, G.R.I | Shorthand Spellograms |
| 1919 | Magnus, Leonard Arthur | Lamb's New Orthographic Shorthand |
| 1919 | Malham-Dembleby, John | New Art of Real Shorthand |
| 1919 | Rispin, Joseph | Soonest Learned Shorthand |
| 1919 | Sessions, Frederick Leonard | Sonoscript or soundhand; the new universal speed writing for all languages |
| 1919 | Webster, William O. | Speedography; a simple and reliable system of shorthand |
| 1920 | Osman, Frank | World Shorthand |
| 1920 | Potts, T. Vivian | High Speed Shorthand Writing |
| 1920 | Rymer, George A. | Synthetic Shorthand |
| 1920 | Walker, John William | Cursive Shorthand |
| 1921 | Russell, H.J. | Russell shorthand: a simple, complete and rapid system |
| 1921 | Sykes, Ezra | Fonoscript |
| 1921 | Walpole, George | Textbook of Shorthand |
| 1922 | Dewey, Godfrey | Personal shorthand |
| 1923 | Burrows, M. | Burrow's fluent shorthand |
| 1923 | Dearborn, Emma B. | Speedwriting, or Natural Shorthand (Revised in 1942 and 1951) |
| 1924 | Expert (Charles Baker ?), | Shortscript |
| 1924 | Michaelson, M. | Phonetic Writing Simplified |
| 1925 | Ayyar, N.M. Rama | Manual of new shorthand: the Indian system for the English language |
| 1925 | Bissel, H. W. | Bissel shorthand |
| 1925 | Hallo, Warren | Hall shorthand: faster, shorter, easier, better |
| 1925 | Hayes, A.E. | Phonoscript |
| 1926 | Calvert, B. | Calvert's synthetic shorthand and word analysis |
| 1927 | Robson, T.B. | Robson's Shorthand System |
| 1927 | Steele, John Thompson | Steele's Shorthand |
| 1930 | Deacon, Frank | Lightning Flash System |
| 1930 | Lester, C.H. Thomas | Lesteriting |
| 1930 | Oliver, George A.S. | Stenoscript: simple and legible system of shorthand … model of ordinary handwriting |
| 1932 | Lely, George Peel | Abascript |
| 1933 | Guise, Henry John | Rapide Shorthand |
| 1933 | Hart, G.W. | Hart's pivotal phonetic system |
| 1934 | Dacomb, B.E. | Dacomb shorthand |
| 1935 | Experto Crede, | Instanter Phonography |
| 1935 | Taylor, | Yatlar |
| 1936 | Coover, J.E. | The note script manual |
| 1936 | Dewey, Godfrey | General shorthand at a glance |
| 1936 | Oaks, Douglas | Swift-Easy Method of Writing |
| 1937 | Jones, M. | Abbrevia |
| 1938 | Dewey, Godfrey | Script shorthand at a glance |
| 1939 | Summerhayes, T. Stanley | Summerhayes shorterhand |
| 1940 | Almond, John Edmondson | American Shorthand |
| 1942 | [Messenger, A.W.B.] | A Herald's Shorthand |
| 1942 | Seelig, Charles | Semibreve Shorthand |
| 1942 | Thomas, C.A. | Thomas natural shorthand, 2ed. |
| 1944 | Knott, J.W. | Modern Shorthand |
| 1944 | Lawson, J.H. | Maximism Two-Hour Shorthand |
| 1944 | Stables, George Herbert | N-D Shorthand |
| 1945 | Fishwick, Herbert | Fastclear Shorthand |
| 1946 | Galloway, George | Galloway Shorthand (Sloan-Duployé) |
| 1946 | Minney, M. | Minnic shorthand |
| 1946 | Wadsworth, Fred | Simplaire Shorthand |
| 1949 | Du Feu, F.T. | New phonetic shorthand |
| 1949 | Harwood, Percy John | English Shorthand |
| 1950 | Fagan, H.A. | Shorthand; a new system |
| 1950 | Hall, Sidney | Unit Shorthand |
| 1950 | Joyce, Timothy | Facilography, or Easy Shorthand |
| 1950 | Vassallo, E.V. | The new facile system of shorthand |
| 1951 | Tabor, Roy | Troab Shorthand |
| 1952 | Forkner, Hambleden L. | Forkner Shorthand |
| 1952 | Williams, L.M. | Speedhand Manual |
| 1953 | Du Cann, C.G.L. | Self-shorthand; a simple system by which every reader can construct his own shorthand |
| 1960 | Leslie, L.A. | Gregg notehand: a personal-use shorthand (Gregg system) |
| 1968 | Hill, James | Teeline Shorthand |
| 1969 | Rohr, G. | English shorthand; elementary course |
| 1973 | [Educational Services] | Landmark ABC System |
| 1974 | Limaye, P.G.B. | Limaye's shorthand |
| 1976 | Grossman, J. | Quickhand |
| 1985 | Perigee | Alphabet shorthand |
| 2005 | Tabor, Roy B. | Alpha-level script shorthand |
| 2005 | Tabor, Roy B. | The Executive Note-taker |
| 2005 | Tabor, Roy B. | T-Script Shorthand (Professional) |
This list of shorthand systems is admittedly not complete and includes mainly English language systems. It has been compiled from various sources and notifications of any errors or omissions will be welcomed. Many shorthand systems were published anonymously and where they cannot be verified they have been omitted.
Any annotations to the systems list will be welcomed and acknowledged, and may be added to the History of Shorthand annotated list. Links to other shorthand websites are also welcomed.