Herman Hollerith was a German-American statistician, inventor, and businessman who developed an electromechanical tabulating machine for punched cards to assist in summarizing information and, later, in accounting. Wikipedia
Born: February 29, 1860, Buffalo, NY
Died: November 17, 1929 (age 69 years), Washington, D.C.
Known for: Electromechanical tabulation of punched card data; IBM
Education: Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1890), The City College of New York (1875–1879), Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (1879), and more
Children: Herman Hollerith Jr.
Parents: George Brunn Hollerith and Franciska Brunn Hollerith
Spouse: Beverley Talcott (m. 1890–1929)