Reginald J. G. Dutton 4305027 175687834 2007-12-04T10:52:37Z SmackBot 433328 Date/fix the maintenance tags or gen fixes using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Unreferenced|date=December 2007}} '''Reginald J.G. Dutton''' Reginal John Garfield Dutton. ([[1886]]-[[1970]] Born in [[Nottingham]], [[England]], eldest son of George H.J. Dutton. Inventor of the auxiliary language and stenographic system known as [[Dutton Speedwords]]. Studied [[Pitman Shorthand]] and other shorthand systems as an aid to his work as a newspaper correspondent. Finally invented his own system, published in 1916 under the title "Shorthand in Three Days". He made minor improvements but settled on a final form by 1919 and republished his work as "Dutton One Week Shorthand" as the 12 lessons could be mastered in one week. Dutton became interested in [[Esperanto]] and, in general, the concept of an auxiliary [[Constructed language|constructed language]] in the interests of increasing communication and goodwill among peoples. He set about creating his own auxuilliary language, based on his earlier shorthand system and in 1943 introduced "World Speedwords", (now Dutton Speedwords) conceived as a system of shorthand as well as a spoken and written auxiliary language. Dutton was a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Arts]] from 1918-1969. [[Category:Inventors of writing systems|Dutton, Reginald J.G.]] [[Category:1886 births|Dutton, Reginald J.G.]] [[Category:1970 deaths|Dutton, Reginald J.G.]] [[Category:Language creators]] [[eo: Reginald John Garfield Dutton]]