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Latest comment: 2 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Don't forget that Thursday marks the 40th birthday of Herman Hollerith, who implemented the first punched cards for tabulating data. The concept was, of course, important in the development of computers.

Herman (born 29 Feb 1860, died 17 Nov 1929) has been dead for quite some time, but like that fellow in The Pirates of Penzance, remains youthful in terms of birthdays.

(Yes, it's been 164 years, but he missed a birthday back in 1900, which wasn't a leap year.) WHPratt (talk) 18:31, 27 February 2024 (UTC)Reply

grandson

Latest comment: 7 months ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Why is the info on his grandson of encyclopedic interest? PotatoEater (talk) 19:57, 4 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

Great-grandsons, plural, but, as they're three generations away from the significantly-more-notable subject of this page, that stuff could be considered trivia. They're not as notable as, say, George Gordon Byron's only legitimate child. Guy Harris (talk) 20:36, 4 January 2026 (UTC)Reply

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