Engineers

Norman Joseph Woodland

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Technology and Engineering Atlas. "Norman Joseph Woodland." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-technology.interactiveatlas.org/engineers/norman-joseph-woodland.

APA Style

Technology and Engineering Atlas. (n.d.). Norman Joseph Woodland. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-technology.interactiveatlas.org/engineers/norman-joseph-woodland

BibTeX

@misc{technologyandengineeringatlas-norman-joseph-woodland,
  author = {Technology and Engineering Atlas},
  title = {Norman Joseph Woodland},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-technology.interactiveatlas.org/engineers/norman-joseph-woodland},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

American inventor and engineer, best known as one of the inventors of the barcode, patented jointly with Bernard Silver in the US in 1952.

Facts

Birth Year

1921 1

Birth Date

1921-09-06 1

Death Year

2012 1

Death Date

2012-12-09 1

Nationality

American 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Invented

Barcode

Source Barcode (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Norman Joseph Woodland (Wikipedia)

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Quote, Lead section

Norman Joseph Woodland (September 6, 1921 - December 9, 2012) was an American inventor and engineer, best known as one of the inventors of the barcode.

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Barcode (Wikipedia)

WikipediaInvented: Barcode, Lead section (inventor attribution)

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

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

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