Engineers

Bernard Silver

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Technology and Engineering Atlas. "Bernard Silver." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://technology.interactiveatlas.org/engineers/bernard-silver.

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Technology and Engineering Atlas. (n.d.). Bernard Silver. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://technology.interactiveatlas.org/engineers/bernard-silver

BibTeX

@misc{technologyandengineeringatlas-bernard-silver,
  author = {Technology and Engineering Atlas},
  title = {Bernard Silver},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://technology.interactiveatlas.org/engineers/bernard-silver},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

American electrical engineer who co-invented the barcode alongside Norman Joseph Woodland, patented in the US in 1952.

Facts

Birth Year

1924 1

Birth Date

1924-09-21 1

Death Year

1963 1

Death Date

1963-08-28 1

Nationality

American 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Invented

Barcode

Source Barcode (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Bernard Silver (Wikipedia)

Wikimedia FoundationLead section

Quote, Lead section

Bernard Silver (September 21, 1924 - August 28, 1963) was an American electrical engineer who co-invented the barcode alongside Norman Joseph Woodland.

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Barcode (Wikipedia)

WikipediaInvented: Barcode, Lead section (inventor attribution, second citation)

Quote, Invented: Barcode, Lead section (inventor attribution, second citation)

The barcode was invented by Norman Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver and patented in the US in 1952.

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