James Goodfellow

James Goodfellow

James Goodfellow (born 1937 in Paisley, Renfrewshire) is a Scottish inventor. He patented Personal Identification Number (PIN) technology, and is widely acknowledged as the inventor of Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) technology, although John Shepherd-Barron also had a large part to play in their development.

ee also

*Kelvin Hughes, Goodfellow's employer
*Scottish inventions and discoveries

External links

* [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst3146.html James Goodfellow] , entry at the Gazetteer for Scotland
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/5087984.stm "Royal honour for inventor of Pin"] , BBC News Scotland
* [http://www.atmmachine.com/goodfellow_atminventor.html "Who invented the ATM machine? - The James Goodfellow Story"] , at atmmachine.com


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