John Vincent Atanasoff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Vincent Atanasoff

American computer pioneer

Date of Birth: 04-Oct-1903

Place of Birth: Hamilton, New York, United States

Date of Death: 15-Jun-1995

Profession: engineer, computer scientist, physicist, mathematician, inventor, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

John Vincent Atanasoff, , (October 4, 1903 – June 15, 1995) was an American physicist and inventor, best known for being credited with inventing the first electronic digital computer. Atanasoff invented the first electronic digital computer in the 1930s at Iowa State College.
Challenges to his claim were resolved in 1973 when the Honeywell v.
Sperry Rand lawsuit ruled that Atanasoff was the inventor of the computer.
His special-purpose machine has come to be called the Atanasoff–Berry Computer.