J. Presper Eckert

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computer pioneer electrical engineer human inventor

J. Presper Eckert was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer best known as the co-inventor of ENIAC, one of the earliest general-purpose electronic digital computers.

Aliases (2)

John Adam Presper Eckert Jr. ×1
John Presper Eckert ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer pioneer → electrical engineer → human → inventor →
academicDegree	bachelor's degree in electrical engineering →
awardReceived	IEEE Computer Society Pioneer Award → John Scott Medal → National Medal of Science →
businessPartner	John William Mauchly →
causeOfDeath	leukemia →
coFounderOf	Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation →
coInventorOf	BINAC → EDVAC → ENIAC → UNIVAC I →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1919-04-09 →
dateOfDeath	1995-06-03 →
educatedAt	Moore School of Electrical Engineering → University of Pennsylvania →
employer	Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation → Remington Rand → Sperry Rand → University of Pennsylvania →
era	20th century →
familyName	Eckert →
fieldOfWork	computer engineering → computer science → electrical engineering →
fullName	John Adam Presper Eckert Jr. →
givenName	John → Presper →
knownFor	co-inventing ENIAC → pioneering electronic digital computers →
memberOf	National Academy of Engineering →
nationality	American →
notableStudentOrCollaborator	John William Mauchly →
notableWork	EDVAC → ENIAC → UNIVAC I →
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
placeOfDeath	Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States →
residence	Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States → Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
workedOn	ballistic trajectory computation for the U.S. Army →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
EDVAC ("John Presper Eckert") → ENIAC project →	developer
Moore School of Electrical Engineering →	associatedWith
John W. Mauchly →	businessPartner
J. Presper Eckert ("John Adam Presper Eckert Jr.") →	fullName
Harold Pender Award →	notableRecipient
ENIAC project →	participant