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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
January 28, 1857
Died
September 15, 1898 (age 41)
Place of Birth
Rochester, New York, USA
William Seward Burroughs I
Biography
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).
