John Vincent Atanasoff
Physicist, Inventor
1903 – 1995
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Who was John Vincent Atanasoff?
John Vincent Atanasoff was an American physicist and inventor, best known for inventing the first electronic digital computer.
Atanasoff invented the first electronic digital computer in the 1930s at Iowa State College. 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.
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- Born
- Oct 4, 1903
Hamilton - Also known as
- John Atanasov
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
( - 1930) - Bachelor of Engineering, University of Florida
( - 1925) - Master of Mathematics, Iowa State University
( - 1926) - Mulberry High School
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Employment
- Iowa State University
- Died
- Jun 15, 1995
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on July 23, 2013
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