“Over the kitchen table, she said she could only remember four figures, so because of her, four figures became the world standard.”
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John Shepherd-Barron
John Adrian Shepherd-Barron OBE was an India-born British inventor, who led the team that installed the first cash machine, sometimes referred to as the automated teller machine or ATM.
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Born 23 June 1925 · Died 15 May 2010 · Q336950
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2026· 3 entries
“Within two years my idea had become reality.”
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“It struck me there must be a way I could get my own money, anywhere in the world or the UK. I hit upon the idea of a chocolate bar dispenser, but replacing chocolate with cash.”
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2010· 1 entry
Died 2010-05-15.
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2007· 2 entries
“That night I started thinking there must be a better way to get cash when I wanted it.”
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“It struck me there must be a way I could get my own money, anywhere in the world or the UK.”
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1953· 1 entry
Married Caroline Murray, the daughter of Sir Kenneth Murray, one-time chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-06-23.
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