Willem van der Poel
Dutch computer scientist (born 1926) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Willem Louis van der Poel (born 2 December 1926) is a Dutch computer scientist, who is known for designing one of the first computers to be designed in the Netherlands, the Zeer Eenvoudige Binaire Reken Automaat (ZEBRA), translated as Very Simple Binary Automatic Calculator.
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Willem Louis van der Poel | |
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Born | (1926-12-02) 2 December 1926 (age 97) The Hague, Netherlands |
Citizenship | Netherlands |
Education | Delft University of Technology (B.S. 1950) University of Amsterdam (Ph.D. 1956) |
Known for | Designing ZEBRA computer ALGOL work |
Awards | Computer Pioneer Award (1984) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Computer science |
Institutions | Delft University of Technology |
Thesis | The Logical Principles of Some Simple Computers (1956) |
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