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Glen Culler

Also Known As Glen Jacob Culler
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Glen Jacob Culler (July 7, 1927 to May 3, 2003) was an American professor of electrical engineering and an important early innovator in the development of the internet. He joined the University of California, Santa Barbara mathematics faculty in 1959 and helped put the campus at the forefront of what became the field of computer science, later serving as director of the UCSB Computer Center and professor in the College of Engineering and extending his view of computers into the classroom. He left UCSB in 1969 to found his own company, Culler-Harrison, which later became CHI Systems and then Culler Scientific.

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Birth Year
1927 1
Birth Date
1927-07-07 2
Death Year
2003 2
Death Date
2003-05-03 2
Nationality
American 2
Award
Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award 1
Award
National Medal of Technology and Innovation 1
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1. Wikidata: Glen Culler
  • Wikidata Q5567669, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q5567669 P569 (date of birth)
2. Wikipedia: Glen Culler
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    Glen Jacob Culler (July 7, 1927
  • Lead paragraph, birth year
    Glen Jacob Culler (July 7, 1927
  • Lead paragraph, death date
    May 3, 2003) was an American professor of electrical engineering
  • Lead paragraph, death year
    May 3, 2003) was an American professor of electrical engineering
  • Lead paragraph, nationality
    was an American professor of electrical engineering and an important early innovator
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