William Goddard
Inventor
1913 – 1997
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Who was William Goddard?
William A. Goddard was an engineer for IBM and an American inventor. He earned a degree in physics from Occidental College. Before working in industry, Goddard was a high school science teacher in Los Angeles. He briefly worked in the aerospace industry for North American Aviation, Inc. before becoming an engineer at International Business Machines. His most acclaimed achievement is co-inventing along with John Lynott United States Patent 3,503,060, which is entitled “Direct Access Magnetic Disc Storage Device”. This invention is the claims modern-day hard disk drives.
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- Born
- Jul 10, 1913
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- United States of America
- Education
- Occidental College
- Died
- Sep 29, 1997
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on July 23, 2013
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