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Richard F. Clippinger

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Richard F. Clippinger (April 10, 1913 - January 4, 1998) was an American computer scientist educated at Harvard University under doctoral advisor George David Birkhoff. As a staff member of the computing laboratory at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, he led the conversion of the ENIAC to run as a stored program computer, work recognized with the IEEE Computer Society Computer Pioneer Award in 1996.

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1913 1
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1. Wikidata: Richard F. Clippinger
  • Wikidata Q15842362, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q15842362 P569 (date of birth)
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