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Computer Pioneer Timeline

  • Charles Babbage

    Charles Babbage
    Charles BabbageA mathematician philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer, best remembered for originating of the concept of a programmable computer
  • Ada Lovelace

    Ada Lovelace
    Ada LovelaceAnalysyst, metaphysician, and founder of scientific computing.
  • Edith Clark

    Edith Clark
    Edith ClarkWrote Circuit Analysis of A-C and made a graphing calculator
  • Reynold B. Johnson

    Reynold B. Johnson
    Established computer data storage
  • Jean Bartik

    Jean Bartik
    Jean BartikPart of the original programmers of ENIAC computer
  • Jean E. Sammet

    Jean E. Sammet
    Jean E. SammetDeveloped FORMAC programming language
  • Adam Osborne

    Adam Osborne
    British author, book and software publisher, one of the most persuasive, egotistical and supremely confident in the computing field and all industry.
  • Barbra Liskov

    Barbra Liskov
    Programming system and theoretical designs and language and system designs.
  • Vint Cerf

    Vint Cerf
    Father of the internet
  • Al (Allen) Alcorn

    Al (Allen) Alcorn
    Created the first significant video arcade game.
  • Anita Borg

    Anita Borg
    American computer scientist. Founded the institute for women and technology.
  • Steve Wozniak

    Steve Wozniak
    Co-founder of Apple
  • Alan Cooper

    Alan Cooper
    Created the goal-directed design methodology
  • Steve Jobs

    Steve Jobs
    Started Apple computer co. and pulled Apple out of near bankruptcy. Also developed the Iphone
  • James Gosling

    James Gosling
    Father of Java programming language
  • Tim Berners Lee

    Tim Berners Lee
    Inventor of the world wide web. Wrote the first web client and server in 1990
  • Bill Gates

    Bill Gates
    Co-founded Microsoft
  • Robert Morris

    Robert Morris
    American computer scientist