John W. Mauchly

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computer engineer computer scientist human inventor physicist

John W. Mauchly was an American physicist and computer engineer best known as the co-inventor of the ENIAC, one of the earliest general-purpose electronic digital computers.

Aliases (1)

John William Mauchly ×3

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	computer engineer → computer scientist → human → inventor → physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
awardReceived	Franklin Institute Award → Harry Goode Memorial Award → Howard N. Potts Medal →
burialPlace	West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, United States →
businessPartner	J. Presper Eckert →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
coFounder	Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation →
coInventor	BINAC → EDVAC → ENIAC → UNIVAC I →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1907-08-30 →
dateOfDeath	1980-01-08 →
educatedAt	Johns Hopkins University →
employer	Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation → Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania → Ursinus College →
familyName	Mauchly →
fieldOfWork	computer engineering → computer science → electronic computing → physics →
givenName	John →
hasChild	James W. Mauchly →
knownFor	co-inventing the ENIAC computer → pioneering electronic digital computing →
memberOf	Association for Computing Machinery → Institute of Radio Engineers →
middleName	William →
notableStudent	Grace Hopper →
notableWork	BINAC → EDVAC → ENIAC → UNIVAC I →
placeOfBirth	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States →
placeOfDeath	Ambler, Pennsylvania, United States →
positionHeld	professor of electrical engineering → research professor →
residence	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Kathleen McNulty Mauchly → Mary Augusta Walzl →

Referenced by (7)

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