John Vincent Atanasoff

Atanasoff, John Vincent,

1903–1995, inventor of the digital computer, b. Hamilton, N.Y., grad. Univ. of Florida (B.S., 1925), Iowa State College (M.S., 1926), Univ. of Wisconsin (Ph.D., 1930). While teaching mathematics and physics at Iowa State (1930–42), he developed the Atanasoff-Berry computer (ABC; 1939), a semielectronic digital computer, with the help of graduate student Clifford Berry, but a patent application was never filed by Atanasoff or Iowa State. After working for the U.S. government on various computer projects (1942–52), he founded (1952) the Ordnance Engineering Corp.; after he sold his firm to Aerojet General Corp. in 1956 he continued to work there. In 1961 he started Cybernetics, Inc., where he worked until 1981. A 1973 legal action pitted Atanasoff and the ABC against John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert and their ENIAC computer. Mauchly and Eckert had claimed responsibility for more than 100 inventions related to electronic digital computing patents, but a judge found against them, stating that their innovations were based on Atanasoff's work.

Bibliography

See J. Smiley, The Man Who Invented the Computer (2010).

John Vincent Atanasoff

(1)John Vincent Atanasoff

John Vincent Atanasoff

(person)John Vincent Atanasoff, 1903-10-04 - 1995-06-15. AnAmerican mathemetical physicist, and the inventor of theelectronic digital computer. Between 1937 and 1942 he builtthe Atanasoff-Berry Computer with Clifford Berry, at theIowa State University.

Atanasoff was born on 1903-10-04 in Hamilton, New York. In1925, he got a Bachelor of Science degree in ElectricalEngineering from the University of Florida. In 1926 hereceived a Master's degree in Maths from Iowa StateUniversity. He received a PhD as a theoretical physicist fromthe University of Wisconsin in 1930.

While an associate professor of mathematics and physics atIowa State University, Atanasoff began to envision a digitalcomputational device, believing analogue devices to be toorestrictive. Whilst working on his electronic digital computer, Atanasoff was introduced to a graduate studentnamed Clifford Berry, who helped him build the computer.

The first prototype of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer wasdemonstrated in December 1939. Although no patent was awardedfor the new computer, in 1973 US District Judge Earl R.Larson declared Atanasoff the inventor of the digital computer(declaring the ENIAC patent invalid).

Atanasoff was awarded the National Medal of Technology by USPresident Bush on 1990-11-13. He died following a stroke on1995-06-15.

John Vincent Atanasoff and the Birth of the Digital Computer.

["Atanasoff Forgotten Father of the Computer", C. R.Mollenhoff, Iowa State University Press 1988].

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释义	John Vincent Atanasoff Atanasoff, John Vincent, 1903–1995, inventor of the digital computer, b. Hamilton, N.Y., grad. Univ. of Florida (B.S., 1925), Iowa State College (M.S., 1926), Univ. of Wisconsin (Ph.D., 1930). While teaching mathematics and physics at Iowa State (1930–42), he developed the Atanasoff-Berry computer (ABC; 1939), a semielectronic digital computer, with the help of graduate student Clifford Berry, but a patent application was never filed by Atanasoff or Iowa State. After working for the U.S. government on various computer projects (1942–52), he founded (1952) the Ordnance Engineering Corp.; after he sold his firm to Aerojet General Corp. in 1956 he continued to work there. In 1961 he started Cybernetics, Inc., where he worked until 1981. A 1973 legal action pitted Atanasoff and the ABC against John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert and their ENIAC computer. Mauchly and Eckert had claimed responsibility for more than 100 inventions related to electronic digital computing patents, but a judge found against them, stating that their innovations were based on Atanasoff's work. Bibliography See J. Smiley, The Man Who Invented the Computer (2010). John Vincent Atanasoff (1)John Vincent Atanasoff John Vincent Atanasoff (person)John Vincent Atanasoff, 1903-10-04 - 1995-06-15. AnAmerican mathemetical physicist, and the inventor of theelectronic digital computer. Between 1937 and 1942 he builtthe Atanasoff-Berry Computer with Clifford Berry, at theIowa State University. Atanasoff was born on 1903-10-04 in Hamilton, New York. In1925, he got a Bachelor of Science degree in ElectricalEngineering from the University of Florida. In 1926 hereceived a Master's degree in Maths from Iowa StateUniversity. He received a PhD as a theoretical physicist fromthe University of Wisconsin in 1930. While an associate professor of mathematics and physics atIowa State University, Atanasoff began to envision a digitalcomputational device, believing analogue devices to be toorestrictive. Whilst working on his electronic digital computer, Atanasoff was introduced to a graduate studentnamed Clifford Berry, who helped him build the computer. The first prototype of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer wasdemonstrated in December 1939. Although no patent was awardedfor the new computer, in 1973 US District Judge Earl R.Larson declared Atanasoff the inventor of the digital computer(declaring the ENIAC patent invalid). Atanasoff was awarded the National Medal of Technology by USPresident Bush on 1990-11-13. He died following a stroke on1995-06-15. John Vincent Atanasoff and the Birth of the Digital Computer. ["Atanasoff Forgotten Father of the Computer", C. R.Mollenhoff, Iowa State University Press 1988]. AcronymsSeeJVA
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