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J. Presper Eckert Dead

J. Presper Eckert
KindPerson
Born1919
Died1995
StatusDead
Fieldcomputing
Sourcewww.seas.upenn.edu ↗

Chief engineer of ENIAC and co-designer of UNIVAC — built the machines Mauchly sold.

Worked at Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
Created ENIAC Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation UNIVAC I

Co-designed ENIAC with Mauchly (1943–45) — the engineering half of the pair, who made the 18,000-tube machine actually reliable.\n\nCo-founded the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation (UNIVAC), later folded into Remington Rand. The stored-program idea's authorship is one of computing's fiercest credit disputes.

Sources

  1. seas.upenn.edu/about-seas/eniac/
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Presper_Eckert