[ih] from whence cometh ">" ?

[Eliot Lear]

Hi Internet Historians,

I wonder if anyone knows the earliest use of "> " as a means to quote 
text.  A research here in Switzerland is asking me.  I can only date it 
as far back as "rn" and netnews, but surely it goes back beyond 1984.  
The researcher mentioned that there have been various forms of a 
"diple"[1] as Ancient Greece and in the bible.  But when did it get 
picked up in Internet times?

Any takers?

Thanks,

Eliot

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diple_(textual_symbol)

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