# Arthur Burks

> Arthur Walter Burks was an American mathematician who worked in the 1940s as a senior engineer on the project that contributed to the design of the ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. Decades later, Burks and his wife Alice Burks outlined their case for the subject matter of the ENIAC having been derived from John Vincent Atanasoff. Burks was also for several decades a faculty member at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

*American mathematician who contributed to the design of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer (1915–2008)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1915-10-13
- **Died:** 2008-05-14
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- [Arthur W. Burks](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_W._Burks)
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- [Arthurus Burks](https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthurus_Burks)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q711833)

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