May 20
John Shepherd-Barron Dies
Posted by Slobokan @ 09:52 · 96 words · print
John Shepherd-Barron, the Scotsman credited with inventing the world's first automatic cash machine, has died after a short illness. He was 84.
Shepherd-Barron died peacefully in northern Scotland's Raigmore Hospital on Saturday, funeral director Alasdair Rhind said Wednesday.
Shepherd-Barron once said that he came up with the idea of the cash dispensers after being locked out of his bank. He also said that his invention was inspired by chocolate vending machines.
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He was survived by his wife, three sons and six grandchildren, Rhind said in a death notice in The Scotsman newspaper.
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