Editing Herman Hollerith (section)

==Biography==
Herman Hollerith was born in [[Buffalo, New York]], in 1860, where he also spent his early childhood.<ref name="Nix">{{cite web |date=April 18, 2012 |title=Herman Hollerith (1860–1929) |url=http://www.hnf.de/en/museum/galerie-der-pioniere/herman-hollerith-1860-1929.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027032725/http://www.hnf.de/en/museum/galerie-der-pioniere/herman-hollerith-1860-1929.html |archive-date=October 27, 2016 |access-date=February 28, 2014 |website=hnf.de |publisher=[[Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum]] |location=AUPaderborn}}</ref> His parents were [[Germans|German]] immigrants; his father, Georg Hollerith, was a school teacher from [[Großfischlingen]], [[Rhineland-Palatinate]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=US Census Bureau |first=Census History Staff |title=Herman Hollerith - History - U.S. Census Bureau |url=https://www.census.gov/history/www/census_then_now/notable_alumni/herman_hollerith.html |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=www.census.gov |language=EN-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Herman Hollerith |url=https://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entries/herman-hollerith/ |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=Immigrant Entrepreneurship |language=en-US}}</ref> He entered the [[City College of New York]] in 1875, graduated from the [[Columbia School of Mines]] with an [[Mining engineering|Engineer of Mines]] degree in 1879 at age 19, and, in 1890, earned a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] based on his development of the tabulating system.<ref name="Cruz">{{cite web | url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/hollerith.html | title=Herman Hollerith | last=Da Cruz | first=Frank | date=March 28, 2011 | website=columbia.edu | publisher=Columbia University | access-date=February 28, 2014}}</ref>{{sfn|Austrian|1982|p=56}} In 1882, Hollerith joined the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] where he taught mechanical engineering and conducted his first experiments with punched cards.<ref name=JJOC_EFR>{{cite web|title=Herman Hollerith|url=https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Hollerith/|work=The MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive|publisher=School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland|access-date=August 12, 2024|author=O'Connor, J. J.|author2=Robertson, E. F.|author2-link=Edmund F. Robertson}}</ref> He eventually moved to Washington, D.C., living in [[Georgetown (Washington, D.C.)|Georgetown]] with a home on 29th Street and a business building at 31st Street and the [[Chesapeake and Ohio Canal]], where today there is a commemorative plaque installed by [[IBM]]. He died of a heart attack in Washington, D.C., at age 69.<ref name=JJOC_EFR/>