William Seward Burroughs I

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William Seward Burroughs I was an American inventor and businessman best known for developing and patenting an early adding machine and founding the company that became Burroughs Corporation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf businessman
human
inventor
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
employer American Arithmometer Company
familyName William Seward Burroughs I self-linksurface differs
surface form: Burroughs
fieldOfWork calculating machines
mechanical engineering
founded American Arithmometer Company
givenName William
hasNameSuffix I
hasPart Burroughs Corporation
surface form: Burroughs Corporation (successor company)
hasPatentOn adding machine mechanism
calculating machine improvements
industry business machines
office equipment
influenced development of mechanical calculators
office accounting technology
knownFor developing an early practical adding machine
founding the company that became Burroughs Corporation
patenting an early adding machine
languageOfWorkOrName English
middleName Seward
nativeLanguage English
notableRelative William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
surface form: William S. Burroughs Jr.
notableWork Burroughs Corporation
Burroughs adding machine
adding machine
occupation businessperson
inventor
partOf history of business machines
history of computing
relative William S. Burroughs
William Seward Burroughs I self-linksurface differs
surface form: William S. Burroughs Jr.
sexOrGender male

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William S. Burroughs relative William Seward Burroughs I
Burroughs Corporation foundedBy William Seward Burroughs I
Burroughs Corporation namedAfter William Seward Burroughs I
William Seward Burroughs I familyName William Seward Burroughs I self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Burroughs
William Seward Burroughs I relative William Seward Burroughs I self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: William S. Burroughs Jr.
BUNCH consistsOf William Seward Burroughs I
this entity surface form: Burroughs