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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instanceOf human
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 NERFINISHED
Columbia School of Mines NERFINISHED
employer Columbia University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
U.S. Census Office NERFINISHED
familyName Hollerith NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork data processing
mechanical computation
statistics
founded Hollerith Electric Tabulating System business
Tabulating Machine Company NERFINISHED
givenName Herman NERFINISHED
hasPatentOn electric tabulating system using punched cards
punch card sorter
tabulating machine improvements
heritage German-American
influenced development of IBM
early computer industry
influencedBy statistics needs of the U.S. Census
knownFor developing punched-card data processing
foundational work leading to IBM
revolutionizing census data processing
languageSpoken English
memberOf American Statistical Association NERFINISHED
notableWork Hollerith punched card system NERFINISHED
electromechanical tabulator
punched-card tabulating machine
occupation inventor
statistician
patentDate 1889
patentJurisdiction United States Patent Office NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Buffalo, New York NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
residence Georgetown, Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male
spouse Lucia Beverly Talcott NERFINISHED
usedIn 1890 United States Census NERFINISHED

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1890 United States Census innovator Herman Hollerith