John Vincent Atanasoff
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican computer pioneer (1903-1995)
John Vincent Atanasoff was an American physicist and inventor credited with 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.
Also inDeutsch
Photos 6
Awards 6
Connected to John 6
Bo DiddleyAlso won Honorary doctorate of the University of Florida
Irving LangmuirAlso won Holley Medal
Edgar F. CoddAlso won Computer Pioneer Award
Arnold RüütelAlso won Order of Stara Planina
Robert MetcalfeAlso won National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Filip VujanovićAlso won Order of Stara PlaninaAbout this person
John Vincent Atanasoff was an American physicist and inventor credited with 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.
United StatesFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.