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William Seward Burroughs I
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Born January 28, 1857 — Died September 15, 1898 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).
