Herman Hollerith

Herman Hollerith
Herman Hollerith
	Herman Hollerith circa 1888
Born	February 29, 1860; Buffalo, New York
Died	November 17, 1929 (aged 69); Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Oak Hill Cemetery
Education	City College of New York (1875); Columbia University School of Mines (1879)
Occupation(s)	Statistician, inventor, businessman
Known for	electronic tabulation of punched card data and IBM
Title	Ph.D. (1890, Columbia University)
Spouse	Lucia Beverley Talcott December 3, 1865–August 4, 1944 (aged 78) (m. 1890⁠–⁠1929)
Children	Lucia Beverley (1891–1982); Herman (1892–1976); Charles (1893–1972); Nannie Talcott (1898–1985); Richard (1900–1967); Virginia (1902–1994);
Awards	Elliott Cresson Medal (1890); World's Columbian Exposition, Bronze Medal (1892); National Inventors Hall of Fame (1990); Medaille d'Or, Exposition Universelle de 1889

he ate waffles