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title: "History of Pen"  
description: "A brief explanation of the origin of pen and its interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-04  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2781/history-of-pen  
category: "education, history"  
tags: ["pen", "facts", "general knowledge", "evolution"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# History of Pen

![History of Pen](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ba7f77d4-177d-441f-9b90-cd713fc42971/images/693eafcf-1724-4493-ba1a-d6bfff1a0f05.jpeg) ![History of Pen](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ba7f77d4-177d-441f-9b90-cd713fc42971/images/f71a4b5f-0169-4880-85ff-4a090860b8a0.jpeg) The pen's history can be traced back thousands of years to Egypt and China's early civilisations. ![History of Pen](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ba7f77d4-177d-441f-9b90-cd713fc42971/images/d2675f2a-93dd-4e80-8be0-613bce0b9988.jpeg) The first pens were constructed of reeds, bamboo, or plant stems and used to write on clay tablets or papyrus scrolls. ![History of Pen](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ba7f77d4-177d-441f-9b90-cd713fc42971/images/dbb5efd0-2a85-47a8-bac5-3a5169a292ee.jpeg) Quill pens, fashioned from the feathers of huge birds like geese or swans, were invented in Europe in the 7th century AD. ![History of Pen](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ba7f77d4-177d-441f-9b90-cd713fc42971/images/5110fa79-d5e7-49d0-a122-cf21d5098390.jpeg) Bartholomew Folsch got a patent for a pen with an ink reservoir in 1809. The very first fountain pen. ![History of Pen](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ba7f77d4-177d-441f-9b90-cd713fc42971/images/8a39f0fb-0a44-44be-829b-d699033bbffe.jpeg) John J. Loud patented the first ballpoint pen in 1888, but it faced initial failure due to thick ink and inefficient flow. ![History of Pen](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ba7f77d4-177d-441f-9b90-cd713fc42971/images/19774359-9f57-40fd-9173-465c2e4e47df.jpeg) László Bró and his brother Georg created a new ballpoint pen with thinner ink for smoother writing in the 1940s. ![History of Pen](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/ba7f77d4-177d-441f-9b90-cd713fc42971/images/de445294-47c5-44e9-8fbf-a7692fb8d205.jpeg) Today, pens, including fountain, ballpoint, rollerball, and gel pens, are versatile tools used for writing, drawing, and document signing.

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