William Seward Burroughs I

Birthday: January 28th, 1857 Date of Death: September 15th, 1898 Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, USA

William Seward Burroughs I was an American inventor and best known for the "calculating machine" ,first patent filed in 1885, designed to ease the monotony of clerical work. He was the gran father of the writer William S. Burroughs (1914-1997).