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Wesley A. Clark

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American physicist and computer engineer

United StatesScientistsLived 1927 to 2016 · aged 88
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Wesley Allison Clark was an American physicist and computer engineer who is credited for designing the first modern personal computer.

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LINC home computerLINC home computerClark in 2002Clark in 2002

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1981Eckert-Mauchly Award

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Wesley Allison Clark was an American physicist and computer engineer who is credited for designing the first modern personal computer. He was also a computer designer and the main participant, along with Charles Molnar, in the creation of the LINC computer, which was the first minicomputer and shares with a number of other computers the claim to be the inspiration for the personal computer.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2016 · aged 88
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