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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
J. Presper Eckert canonical	16
John Presper Eckert	2
J. Presper Eckert (as contractor/engineer)	1
John Adam Presper Eckert Jr.	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer pioneer ⓘ electrical engineer ⓘ human ⓘ inventor ⓘ
academicDegree	bachelor's degree in electrical engineering ⓘ
awardReceived	IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award ⓘ surface form: IEEE Computer Society Pioneer Award John Scott Medal ⓘ National Medal of Science ⓘ
businessPartner	John W. Mauchly ⓘ surface form: John William Mauchly
causeOfDeath	leukemia ⓘ
coFounderOf	Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation ⓘ
coInventorOf	BINAC ⓘ EDVAC ⓘ ENIAC project ⓘ surface form: ENIAC Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Remington Rand ⓘ surface form: Sperry Rand University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
era	20th century ⓘ
familyName	Eckert ⓘ
fieldOfWork	computer engineering ⓘ computer science ⓘ electrical engineering ⓘ
fullName	J. Presper Eckert self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 W. Mauchly ⓘ surface form: John William Mauchly
notableWork	EDVAC ⓘ ENIAC project ⓘ surface form: ENIAC Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation ⓘ surface form: UNIVAC I
placeOfBirth	Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath	Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States
residence	Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States Philadelphia ⓘ surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workedOn	ballistic trajectory computation for the U.S. Army ⓘ

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Harold Pender Award → notableRecipient → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

J. Presper Eckert → fullName → J. Presper Eckert self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Adam Presper Eckert Jr.

John W. Mauchly → businessPartner → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

ENIAC project → developer → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

ENIAC project → participant → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

Moore School of Electrical Engineering → associatedWith → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

EDVAC → developer → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Presper Eckert

Eckert → hasNotableBearer → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

ACM-IEEE Eckert-Mauchly Award → namedAfter → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Presper Eckert

Presper → givenNameOf → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

Presper → hasNotableBearer → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

Presper → developer → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

subject surface form: ENIAC

Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation → foundedBy → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation → hasKeyPerson → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

BINAC → developer → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

Mauchly → coInventedWith → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

subject surface form: John W. Mauchly

Mauchly → developer → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

subject surface form: ENIAC

UNIVAC I → developer → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory → employed → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ

this entity surface form: J. Presper Eckert (as contractor/engineer)

Moore School Lectures on computing → hasNotableLecturer → J. Presper Eckert ⓘ