J. Presper Eckert
Electrical engineer, Inventor
1919 – 1995
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Who was J. Presper Eckert?
John Adam Presper "Pres" Eckert Jr. was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer. With John Mauchly he invented the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, presented the first course in computing topics, founded the first commercial computer company, 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
- Apr 9, 1919
Philadelphia - Also known as
- John Adam Presper Eckert, Jr.
- Pres Eckert
- Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania
- Moore School of Electrical Engineering
- Lived in
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- Died
- Jun 3, 1995
Bryn Mawr
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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