Reginald G. Dutton

Born in Nottingham, England, in 1886, Reginald John Garfield Dutton became known as the inventor of Dutton Speedwords, an auxiliary language and stenographic system. He spent much of his career working on faster, more practical ways to write and communicate.

He also wrote under the name Reginald G. Dutton, which appears on older books such as Plain Words for Christ, Being a Series of Readings for Working Men and The Discipline of Life. Those titles show a different side of his work: direct, accessible writing aimed at ordinary readers rather than specialists.

Dutton died in 1970, but his name is still remembered mainly through Speedwords and the unusual blend of language invention, teaching, and plain-spoken writing that shaped his career.