PITMAN, BENN, an American phonographer, born in Trowbridge, England, July 24, 1822; brother of Sir Isaac Pitman, the inventor of phonography; was educated in his brother's academy; lectured and taught phonography throughout Great Britain for 10 years. He came to the United States in 1853, and founded the Phonographic Institute in Cincinnati; invented the electro-process of relief engraving in 1856; was military recorder of State trials during the Civil War. His works include “Manual of Phonography”; “History of Shorthand”; and “Phonographic Dictionary.” He died in 1910.