Private company

Burroughs Corporation

American computer company

The Burroughs Corporation was a major American manufacturer of business equipment. The company was founded in 1886 as the American Arithmometer Company by William Seward Burroughs.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

1886Founded1
  • Industryhardware, manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment1
  • HeadquartersMissouri1
  • Website

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The story

Founded by William Seward Burroughs I in 1886.1

Leadership

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Deutsche Burroughs Rechenmaschinen

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Unisys1

Timeline

  1. 1986Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1886Founded Founded1

Sources

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