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Ed Roberts

American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor (1941–2010)

  • Fame52.0
  • Momentum2.4
  • Wikipedia1.7K
Source-basedStable
Lived 1941–2010, aged 69United States
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  • Wikipedia
    23 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1941–2010
    Aged 69
  • Known for
    In for a Penny
    2009
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Updated 2026-06-13

Henry Edward Roberts was an American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor who invented the first commercially successful microcomputer in 1974. He is most often known as "the father of the personal computer".

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52.0
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Momentum2.4
Historical19.9
Now attention14.8
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
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