John Mauchly

Physicist, co-developer of ENIAC

John Mauchly - Physicist, co-developer of ENIAC
Born

August 30th, 1907
117 years ago

Died

January 8th, 1980
45 years ago — 72 years old

Category

Scientists & Innovators

Country

United States

Links & References

Contributions to the development of electronic computing. Collaborated on the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), one of the first general-purpose electronic digital computers. Worked on various projects related to electronic computing and served as a professor at several institutions. Published numerous papers on computing and related fields, influencing future generations of engineers and computer scientists.

Co-developed the ENIAC

Contributed to the design of the EDVAC

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