William Seward Burroughs I

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William Seward Burroughs I was an American inventor and businessman best known for developing and patenting an early adding machine and founding the company that became Burroughs Corporation.

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instanceOf businessman ⓘ
human ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
employer American Arithmometer Company ⓘ
familyName Burroughs ⓘ
fieldOfWork calculating machines ⓘ
mechanical engineering ⓘ
founded American Arithmometer Company ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasNameSuffix I ⓘ
hasPart Burroughs Corporation (successor company) ⓘ
hasPatentOn adding machine mechanism ⓘ
calculating machine improvements ⓘ
industry business machines ⓘ
office equipment ⓘ
influenced development of mechanical calculators ⓘ
office accounting technology ⓘ
knownFor developing an early practical adding machine ⓘ
founding the company that became Burroughs Corporation ⓘ
patenting an early adding machine ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
middleName Seward ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableRelative William S. Burroughs ⓘ
William S. Burroughs Jr. ⓘ
notableWork Burroughs Corporation ⓘ
Burroughs adding machine ⓘ
adding machine ⓘ
occupation businessperson ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
partOf history of business machines ⓘ
history of computing ⓘ
relative William S. Burroughs ⓘ
William S. Burroughs Jr. ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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Burroughs Corporation → foundedBy → William Seward Burroughs I ⓘ
Burroughs Corporation → namedAfter → William Seward Burroughs I ⓘ
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American Arithmometer Company → foundedBy → William Seward Burroughs I ⓘ
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Burroughs Corporation → namedAfter → William Seward Burroughs I ⓘ