The Life

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The Life Accomplishments ofHerman
HollerithBy Keyerra Andrews
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The Beginning

• On the day of February 29, 1860 a remarkable
  young man was born.
• Herman was the baby boy of two German immigrants
  formally known as George Franciska Brunn.
• Hollerith began his life in the great city of
  Buffalo, New York.

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Graduate Days

• After Herman attended grade school he went on to
  further his education in science.
• Hollerith entered the City College of New York
  where as he graduated in 1875.
• This remarkable young man did not stop there he
  better his career by attending the Columbia
  University School of Mines in 1879.

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Family Days

• Hollerith vowed through sickness and in health
  until death do them part to his beloved wife
  Lucia Beverley Talcott on September 15, 1890.
• They later decided to have a family where as six
  children came into the picture. (Three sons and
  three daughters.)
• Other than his inventions Herman was said to love
  three things His German heritage, his privacy
  and his cat ( Bismarck).

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The Great Invention!

• Being urged by John Shaw Billings, Herman
  Hollerith developed a mechanism to make
  electrical connections trigger a counter to
  record information.
• Hollerith saw that if numbers could be punched in
  specified locations on a card, in the now
  familiar rows and columns, then the cards could
  be counted or sorted mechanically.
• Hollerith built machines under contract for the
  US Census Bureau, which used them to tabulate the
  1890 Census in only one year.

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What did it do?

• He invented the first automatic card-feed
  mechanism and the first key punch ,which allowed
  a skilled operator to punch 200300 cards per
  hour.
• The 1890 Tabulator was hardwired to operate only
  on 1890 Census cards.

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Herman do you need Help?

• Why yes he did have help in inventing the
  Electric Tabulating Machine.
• A man by the name of John Billings urged Herman
  to build a machine that would be able to record
  information.
• By taking Billings advice Hollerith was able to
  become one of the most successful men to create
  something in society that could be used for years.

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The Last Days

• In researching Herman Hollerith I have had the
  opportunity to learn the life and accomplishments
  of this intelligent man.
• I truly do thank my teacher (Ms. Weber) for
  allowing me to further my knowledge.
• I am happy to say that Herman began his life
  February 29, 1860 but do to a heart attack in
  1929 he was laid to rest in the Oak Hill Cemetery
  located in Georgetown, Washington D.C.

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• The End
• Thank You