Joseph Boyer

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Joseph A. Boyer (1848 – October 24, 1930) was a Canadian-American inventor and computer industrialist.^[1]

Boyer helped William Seward Burroughs I develop the adding machine and was the inventor of the first successful rivet gun. As the third president, secretly agreed to acquire Boyer Addograph Manufacturing Company, then moved the American Arithmometer Company from St. Louis, Missouri to Detroit, Michigan. He served as president until 1920. Boyer died of pneumonia in Detroit.^[2]

References

↑ Staff report (October 25, 1930). J.A. BOYER DEAD; A NOTED INVENTOR; Chairman of Board of Burroughs Adding Machine Company Succumbs to Pneumonia. HE STARTED AS MACHINIST To His Financial Ability Was Ascribed Rise of His Firm--Devised Pneumatic Hammer. New York Times
↑ Staff report (November 3, 1930). Milestones. Time

External links

Joseph Boyer profile via Harvard Business School

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