Arthur Burks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American mathematician who contributed to the design of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer (1915–2008)
Date of Birth: 13-Oct-1915
Place of Birth: Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Date of Death: 14-May-2008
Profession: mathematician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Arthur Burks
- Arthur Walter Burks (October 13, 1915 – May 14, 2008) was an American mathematician who worked in the 1940s as a senior engineer on the project that contributed to the design of the ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer.
- Decades later, Burks and his wife Alice Burks outlined their case for the subject matter of the ENIAC having been derived from John Vincent Atanasoff.
- Burks was also for several decades a faculty member at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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