James Goodfellow

James Goodfellow OBE (born 1937) is a Scottish inventor. In 1966, he patented personal identification number (PIN) technology and an automated teller machine (ATM).[1][2] He is generally considered the inventor of the modern ATM.[3][4]

For other people with similar names, see Jimmy Goodfellow (disambiguation).

James Goodfellow
Born1937 (age 80–81)
Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
NationalityScottish
Known forInventing the PIN and modern ATM and

Goodfellow was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire,[3] where he later attended St Mirin's Academy. [5] As a 28-year-old development engineer at Kelvin Hughes, he was given the project of developing an automatic cash dispenser in 1965. His system accepted a machine readable encrypted card, with a numerical PIN keypad.[3][4] The invention received UK Patent No. 1,197,183 with a priority date of 2 May 1966.[3] In 1967, the world's first ATM was in Enfield in North London, which used a rival design by John Shepherd-Barron of De La Rue that accepted cheques impregnated with a radioactive chemical.[4][6] De La Rue did not patent the design.[4]

In 2005, Shepherd-Barron was widely reported as the inventor of the cash dispenser after he received an OBE.[3][4] This compelled Goodfellow to publicize his patent.[3] "[Shepherd-Barron] invented a radioactive device to withdraw money. I invented an automated system with an encrypted card and a pin number, and that's the one that is used around the world today," he said.[4] Despite being appointed an OBE in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours for his invention of the personal identification number,[7] Goodfellow regrets the lack of recognition and compensation for his inventiveness, since PIN codes are ubiquitous today.[8]

Goodfellow was inducted into the Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame in 2016.[3]

See also

References
  1. UK Patent No.1,197,183 - 2 May 1966.
  2. "So whose razor-sharp mind has the edge?". The Scotsman. 15 September 2007. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
  3. "James Goodfellow (born 1937), inventor and first patentor of the automated teller". Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame. Retrieved 24 April 2020. James Goodfellow is now generally accepted as being the inventor of the ATM.
  4. Jeffries, Stuart (20 January 2005). "Pins and needle". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2020. Who invented the ATM as we know it? We have to think it was James Goodfellow in Scotland for holding a patent date of 1966.
  5. Speirs, Kathleen (2 April 2018). "Banking inventor James Goodfellow OBE goes back to school in Paisley". Scottish Daily Record. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  6. Milligan, Brian (25 June 2007). "The man who invented the cash machine". BBC. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  7. "Royal honour for inventor of Pin". BBC. 16 June 2006. Retrieved 5 November 2007.
  8. "How the PIN number was invented". BBC. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
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