Frederick L. Fuller
Frederick Lincoln Fuller (April 11, 1861 - April 29, 1943) was an American self-taught engineer and inventor of cash registers and business machines..[1] [2] He was a holder of many patents for various devices and mechanisms.
| Frederick L. Fuller | |
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| Born | Frederick Lincoln Fuller April 11, 1861 Norwich, Connecticut |
| 💀Died | April 29, 1943 (aged 82) Llewellyn Park, West Orange, New JerseyApril 29, 1943 (aged 82) |
| 💼 Occupation | Inventor |
| Known for | Cash registers, proof machines |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Rebecca Hamilton Bell (1865–1937) (m. 1881; her death 1937) |
| 👶 Children | 1, Lucy May Fuller (born 1897) |
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| 🏅 Awards | John Scott Medal (1892, Improvements in cash registers, indicators) |
Personal Life
Frederick Lincoln Fuller was born April 11, 1861 in Greeneville, Norwich, Connecticut. [3] Fuller was the son of Charles Chester Fuller [4] and Lucy May (Stead) Fuller. [5] [6] He had one sister, Mary Fuller Gardner[7], and one brother, Charles Owen Fuller[8]
He married Rebecca Hamilton Bell on April 13, 1881 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-CCKB). Mrs. Fuller was active in the New Jersey Children's Home Society. [9] [10]
They had one daughter, Lucy May Fuller. (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLF6-8MB) [11]
He was a descendant of Benjamin Franklin's sister on his mother's side. [6]
Mr. Fuller was a 32° Mason. [3] [6]
Career
He founded the Union Cash Register Company in Waterbury, Connecticut. [12]
In 1909, he joined the National Cash Register company (NCR) of Dayton, Ohio, as the head of their invention department. [13]
In 1917, he joined the Remington Arms Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. [14] [15]
He retired in 1925. However, in 1927, he returned from his retirement to join International Business Machines (IBM) as chief inventor at the request of Thomas J. Watson. [16] [17] [18]
At IBM he developed the 801 Bank Proof machine (not to be confused with the 1975 IBM 801 experimental minicomputer) to expedite the handling of checks. [2][17] [19] [20]
Awards
In 1892, he was awarded the John Scott Medal, together with George H. Griswold, by the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia for the promotion of mechanical arts ("Improvements in cash registers, indicators"). [21] [22][23] [24]
On February 7, 1940 he was designated a "Modern Pioneer" by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) "for his contribution to the creation of new jobs, new industries, new goods and a higher standard of living". [25] [26]
Patents
- U.S. Patent 0,379,865 – (1888) "DEVICE FOR REGISTERING AND RECORDING THE TIME WORKED BY EMPLOYÉS AND AUTOMATICALLY COMPUTING THEIR WAGES"
- U.S. Patent 0,420,554 – (1890) "CASH REGISTER AND INDICATOR"
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- U.S. Patent 1,946,906 – (1934) "SORTING MACHINE OF THE MANUAL CONTROL TYPE"
- U.S. Patent 2,079,442 – (1937) "MANUALLY CONTROLLED SORTING MACHINE"
See also
Further reading
- Fuller, Frederick L. (1938). My Half Century as an Inventor. LCCN 38010592. Search this book on
(foreword by Thomas J. Watson)
External links
- Fuller (Frederick Lincoln) Papers at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin.
References
- ↑ "Fred L. Fuller patent". The Morning Call. Paterson, New Jersey. 1911-09-22. p. 10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Frederick Fuller, inventor, was 82". The New York Times. 1943-04-30. p. 21.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Greene, Nelson (1925). History of the Mohawk Valley, gateway to the West, 1614-1925;covering the six counties of Schenectady, Schoharie, Montgomery, Fulton, Herkimer, and Oneida. Chicago: S.J. Clarke. pp. 482–484. hdl:2027/wu.89077225027?urlappend=%3Bseq=526. Search this book on
- ↑ "Charles Chester Fuller (1832-1880)". www.findagrave.com.
- ↑ "Lucy May Stead Fuller (1834-1922)". www.findagrave.com.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Frederick Fuller, inventor, passes". Trenton Sunday Times. 1943-05-02. p. 4.
- ↑ "Mary Fuller Gardner (1857-1911)". www.findagrave.com.
- ↑ "Charles Owen Fuller (1867-1957)". www.findagrave.com.
- ↑ "Silver gift for children's friend - Mrs. F. L. Fuller, Leaving Trenton, is Honored by her Fellow Workers". Trenton Evening News. 1909-03-12. p. 1.
- ↑ "Mrs. Frederick L. Fuller died". The New York Times. 1937-06-27. p. 37.
- ↑ "Lucy May wedding". Dayton Daily News. 1916-06-18. p. 18.
- ↑ "Union Computing Machine Company enlarges its factory - wins suit from National Cash Register Co". Hartford Courant. 1906-04-07. p. 14.
- ↑ "Fullers move from Trenton to Dayton (1909)". Trenton Evening Times. 1909-03-08. p. 10.
- ↑ "Frederick Fuller, moving to Bridgeport, Remington". Dayton Daily News. 1918-02-01. p. 4.
- ↑ "Remington Wins Cash Register Suit; Court of Appeals Upholds Its Right to Patents Claimed by National Company". The New York Times. 1926-02-25. p. 25.
- ↑ "Obituary for Frederick Lincoln Fuller (Aged 82)". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 1943-05-01. p. 8.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "IBM100 - The Automation of Personal Banking". www.ibm.com. 2012-03-07.
- ↑ Pugh, Emerson W. (1995). Building IBM: Shaping an Industry and Its Technology. MIT Press. p. 78. ISBN 9780262161473. Search this book on
- ↑ "IBM Archives: 1934 (IBM 801 Bank Proof machine)". www.ibm.com. 2003-01-23.
- ↑ "IBM event: Frederick L. Fuller demonstrating his machine to a crowd". The Briscoe Center Digital Collection.
- ↑ "Fred L. Fuller". The Franklin Institute. 2014-01-11.
- ↑ "George H. Griswold". The Franklin Institute. 2014-01-11.
- ↑ "John Scott Award Recipients". Archived from the original on 2019-01-27. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ↑ Year Book. Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). 1921. p. 138. Search this book on
- ↑ "Name I.B.M. Engineer As "Modern Pioneer"". The Journal Herald. Dayton, Ohio. 1940-03-17. p. 10.
- ↑ "Exhibit of Frederick L. Fuller at IBM: Named a Modern Pioneer". The Briscoe Center Digital Collection.
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