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Seymour Papert
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MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and educator (1928–2016)
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Seymour Papert (1928–2016) was a South African and American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator. He worked in cognitive science and served as a university teacher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His notable works include Logo, One Laptop per Child, and Lego Mindstorms. He also authored Perceptrons, Embodiments of Mind, Constructionism, A computer laboratory for elementary schools, and The connected family.
Papert was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand, St John's College, the University of Geneva, and the University of Cambridge, earning a doctorate. His doctoral advisors were Frank Smithies and Jean Piaget. He received the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Marconi Prize. A member of the Socialist Workers Party, he resided in the United States and spoke English. He died in Blue Hill.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928
- Died
- 2016
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Perceptrons
- Embodiments of Mind
- Constructionism
- A computer laboratory for elementary schools
- The connected family
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- Seymour Aubrey Papert , ( 1928-02-29 ) 29 February 1928, Pretoria , Union of South Africa
- Died
- 31 July 2016 (2016-07-31) (aged 88), Blue Hill, Maine , U.S.
- Alma mater
- University of the Witwatersrand ( BA , PhD) University of Cambridge (PhD)
- Known for
- Perceptrons Artificial intelligence Logo programming language One Laptop per Child Papert's principle
- Spouses
- Dona Strauss Androula Henriques Sherry Turkle Suzanne Massie
- Fields
- Cognitive science , Education, Mathematics, Computer science
- Institutions
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Geneva University of Paris National Physical Laboratory
- Theses
- Sequential Convergence in Lattices with Special Reference To Modular and Subgroup Lattices (1952) The Lattices of Logic and Topology (1960)
- Doctoral advisor
- Frank Smithies
- Doctoral students
- Idit Harel Caperton Carl Hewitt Mitchel Resnick Edwina Rissland David Williamson Shaffer Gerald Jay Sussman Terry Winograd
- Website
- papert .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Seymour
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pretoria
- Place of death
- Blue Hill
- Spouse
- Sherry Turkle
- Educated at
- University of Cambridge
- Political party
- Socialist Workers Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Marconi Prize
- Notable work
- Lego Mindstorms
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Doctoral advisor
- Jean Piaget
- Field of work
- cognitive science
- Official website
- www.papert.org
- Image
- Seymour Papert.jpg
- Residence
- United States
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- date of birth
- 1928-02-29
- Commons category
- Seymour Papert
- Erdős number
- 3
- date of death
- 2016-07-31
- name in native language
- Seymour Papert
- student
- Terry Winograd
- writing language
- English language
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Seymour Aubrey Papert (/ˈpæpərt/; 29 February 1928 – 31 July 2016) was a South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, who spent most of his career teaching and researching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, and of the constructionist movement in education. He was co-inventor, with Wally Feurzeig and Cynthia Solomon, of the Logo programming language.
Early years and education
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