Herman Hollerith
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Herman Hollerith was an American inventor and statistician best known for developing the punched-card tabulating machines that revolutionized data processing and led to the formation of IBM.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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statistician ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Engineer of Mines ⓘ |
| achievement | reduced time to process census data dramatically ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Elliott Cresson Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1860-02-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1929-11-17 ⓘ |
| describedAs | pioneer of automatic data processing ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
City College of New York
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Columbia School of Mines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia University
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ U.S. Census Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Hollerith NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
data processing
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mechanical computation ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| founded |
Hollerith Electric Tabulating System business
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Tabulating Machine Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Herman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPatentOn |
electric tabulating system using punched cards
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punch card sorter ⓘ tabulating machine improvements ⓘ |
| heritage | German-American ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of IBM
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early computer industry ⓘ |
| influencedBy | statistics needs of the U.S. Census ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing punched-card data processing
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foundational work leading to IBM ⓘ revolutionizing census data processing ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Statistical Association NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hollerith punched card system
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electromechanical tabulator ⓘ punched-card tabulating machine ⓘ |
| occupation |
inventor
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statistician ⓘ |
| patentDate | 1889 ⓘ |
| patentJurisdiction | United States Patent Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Buffalo, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| residence |
Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Lucia Beverly Talcott NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | 1890 United States Census NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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