John Vincent Atanasoff
American computer pioneer (1903-1995) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 91
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.
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1995Died15 June 19951990National Medal of Technology and InnovationAward1985Holley MedalAward1984Computer Pioneer AwardAward1974Honorary doctorate of the University of FloridaAward1970Order of Cyril and Methodius, 1st ClassAward1903Born4 October 1903
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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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United States
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
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Deceased
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Lived 1903 to 1995 · aged 91
