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Arthur Burks

Also Known As Arthur Walter Burks
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Arthur Walter Burks (October 13, 1915 - May 14, 2008) was an American mathematician who worked in the 1940s as a senior engineer on the project that produced ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. He and his wife Alice Burks later argued that the subject matter of ENIAC had been derived from John Vincent Atanasoff, and he was for several decades a faculty member at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Facts
Birth Year
1915 1
Birth Date
1915-10-13 1
Death Year
2008 1
Death Date
2008-05-14 1
Nationality
American 1
Award
Guggenheim Fellowship 2
Award
Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute 2
Award
Computer Pioneer Award 2
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1. Wikipedia: Arthur Burks
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1915-10-13
  • Lead sentence, birth date
    October 13, 1915
  • Infobox, death_date
    2008-05-14
  • As professor emeritus
    Burks died May 14, 2008
  • Lead sentence, descriptor
    American mathematician
  • Infobox, birth_name
    Arthur Walter Burks
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2. Arthur Burks (Wikidata)
  • Wikidata P166: Guggenheim Fellowship
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Guggenheim Fellowship.
  • Wikidata P166: Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Louis E. Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute.
  • Wikidata P166: Computer Pioneer Award
    Wikidata P166 (award received): Computer Pioneer Award.
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