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Howard Aiken

male, deceased (1973)
Howard Hathaway Aiken (March 8, 1900, Hoboken, New Jersey-March 14 1973, St. Louis, Missouri) was a pioneer in computing, being the primary... More
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Joseph Clement

Joseph Clement

male, deceased (1844)
Joseph Clement was a British engineer and industrialist. He was baptised Joseph Clemmet 13 June 1779 at Great Asby in Westmorland, the son of a... More
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Allan Bromley

male, deceased (2002)
Allan George Bromley (1947-2002) was an Australian historian of computing. Allan Bromley was an associate professor at the University of Sydney.... More
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Martin Wiberg

Martin Wiberg

male, deceased (1905)
Martin Wiberg was born in Viby, Scania enrolled at Lund University in 1845 and became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1850. He is known as a computer... More
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Per Georg Scheutz

Per Georg Scheutz

male, deceased (1873)
Pehr Georg Scheutz (September 23 1785 - May 22 1873) was a 19th-century Swedish lawyer, translator, and inventor, who is best known for his... More
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Charles Whitmore Babbage

Charles Whitmore Babbage

male, deceased (1871)
Charles Babbage FRS (26 December 1791 - 18 October 1871) was an English mathematician, philosopher, mechanical engineer and (proto-) computer... More
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Richard Sheepshanks

Richard Sheepshanks

male, deceased (1855)
Richard Sheepshanks (July 30, 1794 - August 4, 1855) was a British astronomer. He graduated from Trinity College of Cambridge University in 1816.... More
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