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- John Presper Eckert, co-inventor of the mammoth Eniac computer in 1945, believed by many computer experts and historians to be the first electronic digital computer, died on Saturday in Bryn Mawr, Pa. He was 76 and lived in Gladwyn, Pa. The cause was complications from leukemia, a family friend, Thomas Miller, said.
www.nytimes.com/1995/06/07/obituaries/j-presper-eckert-co-inventor-of-early-computer-dies-at-76.htmlJ. Presper Eckert, Co-inventor Of Early Computer, Dies at 76
John Presper Eckert, computer engineer: born Philadelphia 9 April 1919; graduate fellow and research associate, Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania 1941-46;...
Jun 7, 1995 · John Presper Eckert, co-inventor of the mammoth Eniac computer in 1945, believed by many computer experts and historians to be the first electronic digital computer, died on Saturday in Bryn...
He died of leukemia in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. [7] In 2002, he was inducted, posthumously, into the National Inventors Hall of Fame. [8] "Eckert architecture"
J. Presper Eckert (born April 9, 1919, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died June 3, 1995, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) was an American engineer and co-inventor of the first general-purpose electronic computer, a digital machine that was the prototype for most computers in use today.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 7, 1995 · John Presper Eckert, co-inventor of the mammoth ENIAC computer in 1945, believed by many computer experts and historians to be the first electronic digital computer, died on Saturday in Bryn...
John Adam Presper “Pres” Eckert, Jr. (9 April 1919–3 June 1995) was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer. With John Mauchly he invented the first general-purpose electronic digital computer (ENIAC), presented the first course in computing topics (the Moore School Lectures), founded the first commercial computer company ...
J. Presper Eckert, who co-invented the first electronic digital computer in 1946, died on June 3, 1995 at the age of 76. For many, Eckert defined the beginning of the modern age of computing. He is remembered here by another industry pioneer, Maurice V. Wilkes, who recalls those early days in Philadelphia where history was made.
