J. Presper Eckert

John Adam Presper Eckert Jr. was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer. With John Mauchly, he designed the first general-purpose electronic digital computer (ENIAC), presented the first course in computing topics, founded the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, and designed the first commercial computer in the U.S., the UNIVAC, which incorporated Eckert's invention of the mercury delay-line memory.

9 April 1919

Born on the same birth day (9 April): Albertine Agnes of Nassau • Bill Leonard (journalist) • David Webb (footballer) • Dennis Sarfate • Elias Lönnrot • Gerry Fitt • Hans-Joachim Reske • Helen Alfredsson • Hugh Hefner • Jan Letzel • Jim Roberts (ice hockey, born 1940) • List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (M) • Luciano Galletti • Mark Kelly (keyboardist) • Mary Killman • Rick Tocchet • Sharkey Bonano

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