Herman Hollerith

Mathematician

Birthday February 29, 1860

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Buffalo, NY

DEATH DATE Nov 17, 1929 (69)

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About

American statistician who, in 1889, invented a machine to rapidly tabulate statistics, making him the father of modern automatic computation.

Before Fame

He earned a bachelor's and Ph.D. in Mining Engineering from Columbia University.

Trivia

The Tabulating Machine Company, which he founded, later merged to become IBM.

Family Life

He married Lucia Beverly Talcott in 1890.

Associated With

Another famous New York-born scientist like him was Abraham Maslow.