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Picture of Alan Turing

Alan Turing died this month.

Died: June 7, 1954

Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general-purpose computer. He is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.

Birthplace: London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

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Friedrich Ludwig Bauer was born this month!

Born: June 10, 1924

Friedrich Ludwig Bauer was a German pioneer of computer science and professor at the Technical University of Munich. During the early 1950s he worked on the logical relay computer STANISLAUS and is cited as the first person to propose the stack method of expression evaluation. He is most famous for his contributions to the development of ALGOL 58 and ALGOL 60.

Birthplace: Regensburg, Germany 🇩🇪

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Thomas J. Watson died this month.

Died: June 19, 1956

Thomas John Watson Sr. was an American businessman who served as the chairman and CEO of IBM. He oversaw the company's growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956.

Birthplace: Campbell, New York, USA 🇺🇸

Picture of Alan Turing

Alan Turing was born this month!

Born: June 23, 1912

Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general-purpose computer. He is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.

Birthplace: London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧

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Carl-Erik Fröberg was born this month!

Born: June 23, 1918

Carl-Erik Fröberg belonged to the group of five young Swedish researchers who in 1947 – 1948 were sent to the USA to gather information about early computer development. Fröberg visited the Institute for Advanced Study and John von Neumann's research group. On his return he played a leading role in the creation of SMIL which was one of the first computers in Sweden and was completed in 1956.

Birthplace: Slätthög, Sweden 🇸🇪

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Frederic C. Williams was born this month!

Born: June 26, 1911

Sir Frederic Calland Williams was an English engineer and computer scientist. He worked on the development of Radar and the creation of the first electronic stored-program digital computer, the Manchester Baby. He also invented the Williams Tube, an early form of computer memory.

Birthplace: Stockport, United Kingdom 🇬🇧