James Goodfellow
For the English footballer and manager, see Jimmy Goodfellow.
| James Goodfellow | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1937 Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Known for | Inventing the ATM and the PIN |
James Goodfellow OBE (born 1937 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish inventor. In 1966, he patented personal identification number (PIN) technology, and the cash machine.[1][2]
He was a development engineer given the project of developing an automatic cash dispenser in 1965. His system accepted a machine readable encrypted card, with a numerical PIN keypad.
Despite being appointed an OBE in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours for his invention of the Personal Identification Number,[3] Goodfellow regrets the lack of recognition and compensation for his inventiveness, since PIN codes are ubiquitous today[4]
See also
- Kelvin Hughes, Goodfellow's employer
- Scottish inventions and discoveries
References
- ↑ UK Patent No.1,197,183 - 2 May 1966.
- ↑ "it was Goodfellow who came up with the idea of a four-digit PIN which would allow people to access their cash". The Scotsman. 15 September 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- ↑ "Royal honour for inventor of Pin". BBC. 16 June 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
- ↑ "How the PIN number was invented". BBC. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
External links
- James Goodfellow, entry at the Gazetteer for Scotland
- "Who invented the ATM machine? - The James Goodfellow Story", at atmmachine.com
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