Timeline: computer pioneers

Period: Dec 26, 1791 to Oct 18, 1871

charles babbage

Is known for the concept of a programmable computer

Period: Dec 10, 1815 to Nov 27, 1852

ada lovelace

The world’s first computer programmer

Feb 10, 1883

edith clarke

EdithEdith Clarke was born in Ellicott City, Maryland in 1883, one of nine children. Both her parents died by the time she was twelve and with the money she inherited when she turned 18, she decided to study mathematics and astronomy at Vassar College. After graduating, Edith taught mathematics and physics, first at a private girls' school in San Francisco and then at Marshall College in West Virginia. Wanting to be an engineer, however, Clarke enrolled in the civil engineering program at the Univers

Period: Feb 10, 1883 to Oct 29, 1959

edith clarke

Edith Clarke was born in Ellicott City, Maryland in 1883, one of nine children. Both her parents died by the time she was twelve and with the money she inherited when she turned 18, she decided to study mathematics and astronomy at Vassar College. After graduating, Edith taught mathematics and physics, first at a private girls' school in San Francisco and then at Marshall College in West Virginia. Wanting to be an engineer, however, Clarke enrolled in the civil engineering program at the Univers

Oct 4, 1903

John Vincent Atanasoff

John Vincent AtanasoffFound and invented the first electronic digital computer

Period: Oct 4, 1903 to Jun 15, 1955

john vincent atanasoff

Found and invented the first electronic digital computer

Apr 20, 1904

George Stibitz

George StibitzGeorge Robert Stibitz is internationally recognized as one of the fathers of the modern first digital computer.

Period: Apr 20, 1904 to Jan 31, 1995

george stibitz

In 1939 Stibitz helped design the Model I complex number calculator which could add two eight-digit decimal numbers in a tenth of a second

Period: Jul 16, 1906 to Sep 15, 1998

reynold johnson

Created the scoring system that is used to, score state tests used today

Period: Dec 9, 1906 to Jan 1, 1992

grace hopper

She was one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark 1 computer. She developed the first complier for a computer programming language. Grace also conceptualized the idea of machine independent programming languages. She was credited with popularizing the term “debugging” for fixing computer glitches

Period: Jun 22, 1910 to Dec 18, 1995