Dorr Felt
Dorr E. Felt | |
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| Born | Dorr Eugene Felt March 18, 1862 Beloit, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | August 7, 1930 (aged 68) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Burial place | Rosehill Cemetery 41°59′15″N 87°40′53″W / 41.987428°N 87.681389°W |
| Occupation(s) | Inventor, businessman |
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Dorr Eugene Felt (March 18, 1862 – August 7, 1930) was an American inventor and industrialist who was known for having invented the Comptometer, an early computing device, and the Comptograph, the first printing adding machine. The Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Company that he co-founded with Robert Tarrant on January 25, 1889 remained a major player in the calculator industry until the mid-1970s.