Grace Brewster Murray

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Grace Brewster Murray, better known as Grace Hopper, was a pioneering American computer scientist and U.S. Navy rear admiral who helped develop early programming languages and popularized the term "debugging."

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instanceOf United States Navy officer
computer scientist
human
pioneer in computer science
programmer
rear admiral
academicDegree PhD in mathematics
bachelor's degree in mathematics
master's degree in mathematics
alsoKnownAs Amazing Grace NERFINISHED
Grace Brewster Murray Hopper NERFINISHED
Grace Hopper NERFINISHED
awardReceived National Medal of Technology and Innovation NERFINISHED
Presidential Medal of Freedom NERFINISHED
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1906-12-09
dateOfDeath 1992-01-01
educatedAt Vassar College NERFINISHED
Yale University
employer Harvard University
Remington Rand NERFINISHED
Sperry Corporation NERFINISHED
United States Navy
familyName Hopper NERFINISHED
Murray NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork compiler design
computer science
programming languages
givenName Grace NERFINISHED
honorificEponym Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing NERFINISHED
Grace Hopper College at Yale University NERFINISHED
USS Hopper (DDG-70) NERFINISHED
knownFor advocacy for machine-independent programming languages
pioneering work in computer programming
languageSpoken English
militaryBranch United States Navy
militaryRank rear admiral
name Grace Brewster Murray NERFINISHED
notableAchievement helped develop early programming languages
popularized the term "debugging" in computing
notableWork Mark I computer programming
contributions to COBOL
development of the first compiler for a computer programming language
placeOfBirth New York NERFINISHED
New York City
United States of America
placeOfBurial Arlington National Cemetery NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Arlington NERFINISHED
United States of America
Virginia NERFINISHED
sexOrGender female

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Amazing Grace birthName Grace Brewster Murray
subject surface form: Grace Hopper