J. Presper Eckert
American electrical engineer and computer pioneer (1919–1995) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Adam Presper Eckert Jr. (April 9, 1919 – June 3, 1995) was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer. With John Mauchly, he designed the first general-purpose electronic digital computer (ENIAC), presented the first course in computing topics (the Moore School Lectures), founded the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, and designed the first commercial computer in the U.S., the UNIVAC, which incorporated Eckert's invention of the mercury delay-line memory.
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Born | John Adam Presper Eckert Jr. April 9, 1919 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
Died | June 3, 1995(1995-06-03) (aged 76) Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, US |
Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania |
Occupation | Electrical engineer |
Known for | ENIAC UNIVAC I |
Awards | Harry H. Goode Memorial Award (1966) National Medal of Science (1968) Harold Pender Award (1973) IEEE Emanuel R. Piore Award (1978)[1] |
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