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Herman Hollerith

@hermanhollerith

American statistician and inventor(1860-1929)

Building Computing Tabulating Recording Company as Founder · United States

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Lived
1860–1929
Educated at
City College of New York · Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science · Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science

About

Herman Hollerith (1860–1929) was an inventor and statistician. They were born in Buffalo. They studied at City College of New York.

In context

Computing Tabulating Recording Company was founded in 1911 and closed in 1924, after 13 years. Among the 118 other business companies founded in the 1910s we hold, those that closed lasted a median of 54 years, so this one closed earlier than most.

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