Herman Hollerith
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Herman Hollerith was an American inventor and statistician best known for developing the punched-card tabulating machines that revolutionized data processing and led to the formation of IBM.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Herman Hollerith canonical | 2 |
| Hollerith | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8535483 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Hollerith Context triple: [1890 United States Census, innovator, Herman Hollerith]
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A.
Howard Aiken
Howard Aiken was an American engineer and computing pioneer best known for designing the IBM Harvard Mark I, one of the earliest large-scale automatic digital computers.
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B.
Allan W. Eckert
Allan W. Eckert was an American author and naturalist best known for his meticulously researched historical novels and nature writing, including the "Winning of America" series.
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C.
Wallace John Eckert
Wallace John Eckert was an American astronomer and pioneer of computational methods who used early punched-card and electronic computers to advance celestial mechanics and navigation.
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D.
Theodore Case
Theodore Case was an American inventor and pioneer of sound-on-film technology whose work helped enable synchronized audio in motion pictures.
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E.
William Cocke
William Cocke was an early American frontiersman, Revolutionary War soldier, and politician who served as one of Tennessee’s first U.S. senators.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Herman Hollerith Target entity description: Herman Hollerith was an American inventor and statistician best known for developing the punched-card tabulating machines that revolutionized data processing and led to the formation of IBM.
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A.
Howard Aiken
Howard Aiken was an American engineer and computing pioneer best known for designing the IBM Harvard Mark I, one of the earliest large-scale automatic digital computers.
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B.
Allan W. Eckert
Allan W. Eckert was an American author and naturalist best known for his meticulously researched historical novels and nature writing, including the "Winning of America" series.
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C.
Wallace John Eckert
Wallace John Eckert was an American astronomer and pioneer of computational methods who used early punched-card and electronic computers to advance celestial mechanics and navigation.
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D.
Theodore Case
Theodore Case was an American inventor and pioneer of sound-on-film technology whose work helped enable synchronized audio in motion pictures.
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E.
William Cocke
William Cocke was an early American frontiersman, Revolutionary War soldier, and politician who served as one of Tennessee’s first U.S. senators.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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statistician ⓘ |
| academicDegree | Engineer of Mines ⓘ |
| achievement | reduced time to process census data dramatically ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Elliott Cresson Medal ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1860-02-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1929-11-17 ⓘ |
| describedAs | pioneer of automatic data processing ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
City College of New York
ⓘ
Columbia School of Mines ⓘ |
| employer |
Columbia University
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ U.S. Census Office ⓘ
linked to:
Bureau of the Census
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| familyName |
Hollerith
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linked to:
Herman Hollerith
|
| fieldOfWork |
data processing
ⓘ
mechanical computation ⓘ statistics ⓘ |
| founded |
Hollerith Electric Tabulating System business
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Tabulating Machine Company ⓘ
linked to:
Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company
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| givenName | Herman ⓘ |
| hasPatentOn |
electric tabulating system using punched cards
ⓘ
punch card sorter ⓘ tabulating machine improvements ⓘ |
| heritage | German-American ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of IBM
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early computer industry ⓘ |
| influencedBy | statistics needs of the U.S. Census ⓘ |
| knownFor |
developing punched-card data processing
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foundational work leading to IBM ⓘ revolutionizing census data processing ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | American Statistical Association ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Hollerith punched card system
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linked to:
Hollerith punched card tabulating machines
electromechanical tabulator ⓘ punched-card tabulating machine ⓘ |
| occupation |
inventor
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statistician ⓘ |
| patentDate | 1889 ⓘ |
| patentJurisdiction |
United States Patent Office
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Patent and Trademark Office
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| placeOfBirth |
Buffalo, New York
ⓘ
linked to:
Buffalo
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| placeOfDeath | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| residence |
Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
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Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Lucia Beverly Talcott ⓘ |
| usedIn | 1890 United States Census ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Herman Hollerith Description of subject: Herman Hollerith was an American inventor and statistician best known for developing the punched-card tabulating machines that revolutionized data processing and led to the formation of IBM.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.