William Seward Burroughs I
ActingJanuary 28, 1857-September 15, 1898
Birth Place
Rochester, New York, USA
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).
