| Date of Birth | 04-October-1903 | |
| Place of Birth |
Hamilton (Madison County, New York, United States of America) |
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| Nationality | United States of America | |
| Also know as | John Atanasov | |
| Profession | Physicist, Inventor | |
| John Vincent Atanasoff was an American physicist and inventor, best known for 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. | ||
Awards by John Vincent Atanasoff |
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| Check all the awards nominated and won by John Vincent Atanasoff. | ||
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