| Name: | John | | | | | Middle Name: | Vincent | | | | | Last Name: | Atanasoff | | | | | Date Of Birth: | 4.10.1903 | | | | | Date Of Passing Away: | 15.6.1995 | | | | | Gender: | Male | | | | | Country: | United States of America | | | | | City: | Hamiltaon | | | | | Cause Of Death: | Natural death | | | | | Grave Location: | Frederick , Maryland ,USA | | | | | Time Of Death: | 4 | | | | | Religion: | Orthodox Christian | | | | | Advanced View Of Memorial | | |
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John Vincent Atanasoff (October 4, 1903 – June 15, 1995) was an American physicist of Bulgarian descent. The 1973 decision of the patent suit Honeywell v. Sperry Rand named him the inventor of the first automatic electronic digital computer, a special-purpose machine that has come to be called the Atanasoff-Berry Computer.
Atanasoff's father Ivan had immigrated in 1889 from Bulgaria at the age of 13. In 1970, Atanasoff was invited to Bulgaria by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, so the Bulgarian Government could confer upon him the Cyril and Methodius Order of Merit First Class. He was proud that Bulgaria was the first country to recognize his work and has always emphasized on his Bulgarian roots.
In 1981, he received the Computer Pioneer Medal from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Atanasoff Hall, a computer science building on the Iowa State campus, is named after him. Iowa State also named its implementation of MIT's Project Athena, 'Project Vincent'.
Finally, in 1990, President George H. W. Bush awarded Atanasoff the United States National Medal of Technology. He has been awarded a number of other distinctions as well. Among these are included:... View more |
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