He was born on 29th of February 1808 in Buffalo,New York. He was an informatic not exactly. He studied in School of Mines, Columbia University. He invented the tabulating machine. Is withim He is considered one of the creators of the first computer in the world. In 1890 his machine is was used for the census. In 1896 he founded the Tabulating Machine Company to produce more machines. Tired, Hollerith sold his company in 1910 to Charles R. Flint. He died on 17th November 1929 because of a heart attack.

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