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  1. Howard Hathaway Aiken (March 8, 1900 – March 14, 1973) was an American physicist and a pioneer in computing, being the original conceptual designer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I computer.

  2. Howard Aiken (born March 9, 1900, Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.—died March 14, 1973, St. Louis, Missouri) was a mathematician who invented the Harvard Mark I, the forerunner of the modern electronic digital computer. Aiken did engineering work while he attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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  3. Mar 30, 2024 · March 30, 2024. In the pantheon of computing pioneers, names like Alan Turing, John von Neumann, and J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly of ENIAC fame loom large. But there is one figure whose immense contributions to the birth of the digital age are too often overlooked: Howard Hathaway Aiken.

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  5. lemelson.mit.edu › resources › howard-aikenHoward Aiken | Lemelson

    Learn about Howard Aiken, an electrical engineer and physicist who developed the first large-scale automatic digital computer at Harvard University. He also invented the concepts of constants and stored program, and founded the Harvard Computation Laboratory.

  6. Quick Info. Born. 9 March 1900. Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. Died. 14 March 1973. St Louis, Missouri, USA. Summary. Howard Aiken was a pioneer designer of early computers. View ten larger pictures. Biography. Howard Aiken's parents were Daniel H Aiken (born about 1870) and Margaret Emily Mierisch (1874-1961).

  7. Jan 28, 2016 · Aiken received his B.S. in electrical engineering from Wisconsin in 1923, and went to Harvard for post-graduate studies. He received his M.A. (1937) and Ph.D. (1939) degrees in physics from Harvard, where he remained as a faculty instructor first, and as a professor later.

  8. Howard Aiken invented the Mark I calculator, the first large-scale digital computer, at Harvard in 1944. He also designed the Mark II, III, and IV computers, and founded his own company.

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