Bob Bemer
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Robert William Bemer (February 8, 1920 - June 22, 2004) was a computer scientist best known for his work at IBM during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Bemer graduated from Cranbrook School in 1936 and took an A.B. in Mathematics at Albion College in 1940. He earned a Certificate in Aeronautical Engineering at Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute in 1941.
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| Born: | February 8, 1920 |
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| Died: | June 22, 2004 |
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See all  | Bob Bemer developed the Ascii coding system to standardise the way computers represent letters, numbers, punctuation marks and some control codes. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3838845.stm |
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| | Bob Bemer - the man who helped bring ASCII, the ESCape and backslash keys, and Y2K warnings to the world - died this week at his home on Possum Kingdom Lake in Texas. www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/24/bemer_dead_at84/ |
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Bob Bemer born in 1920 is married to Bettie, a Texas oil woman,
The license on her Mercedes is "ESC KEY". www.thocp.net/biographies/bemer_bob.htm |
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The definitive Wikipedia entry for Bob Bemer. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Bemer |
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Mr. Bemer, known as "the father of ASCII," created the code in 1961 by assigning standard numeric values to letters, numbers, punctuation marks and other characters. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4138-2004Jun24.html |
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