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John Vincent Atanasoff
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American computer pioneer (1903-1995)
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John Vincent Atanasoff was an American physicist, inventor, university teacher, and mathematician. Born in Hamilton on October 4, 1903, he died of a stroke in Frederick on June 15, 1995. He worked at Iowa State University and was educated at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the University of Florida, and Iowa State University. His doctoral advisor was John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, and his doctoral student was Clifford Berry.
Atanasoff received the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the Holley Medal, the Computer Pioneer Award, and the Order of Stara Planina. He was a member of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. He spoke English. A work associated with him is JVA 2006, from the IEEE John Vincent Atanasoff International Symposum on Modern Computing held in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2006.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- JVA 2006
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1903-10-04 ) October 4, 1903, Hamilton, New York , U.S.
- Died
- June 15, 1995 (1995-06-15) (aged 91), Frederick, Maryland , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of Florida , Iowa State University , University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Known for
- Atanasoff–Berry Computer
- Awards
- Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius , First Class
- Fields
- Physics
- Doctoral advisor
- J. H. V. Vleck
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Hamilton
- Place of death
- Frederick
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- Iowa State University
- Employer
- Iowa State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Image
- ATANASOFF Pic^1 - Flickr - Eye Steel Film.jpg
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- John Vincent Atanasoff
- date of birth
- 1903-00-00
- date of death
- 1995-06-15
- member of
- Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
- cause of death
- stroke
- ACM Classification Code (2012)
- 10011398
- name in native language
- Джон Винсънт Атанасов
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
John Vincent Atanasoff (October 4, 1903 – June 15, 1995) was an American physicist and inventor credited with inventing the first electronic digital computer. Atanasoff invented the first electronic digital computer in the 1930s at Iowa State College (now known as Iowa State University). Challenges to his claim were resolved in 1973 when the Honeywell v. Sperry Rand lawsuit ruled that Atanasoff was the inventor of the computer. His special-purpose machine has come to be called the Atanasoff–Berry Computer.
Early life and education
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