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Howard Hathaway Aiken (March 8, 1900 – March 14, 1973) was an American physicist and a pioneer in computing. He was the original conceptual designer behind IBM 's Harvard Mark I , the United States' first programmable computer .
Howard Aiken (born March 9, 1900, Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.—died March 14, 1973, St. Louis, Missouri) was a mathematician who invented the Harvard Mark I, the forerunner of the modern electronic digital computer. Aiken did engineering work while he attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Quick Info. Born. 9 March 1900. Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. Died. 14 March 1973. St Louis, Missouri, USA. Summary. Howard Aiken was a pioneer designer of early computers. View ten larger pictures. Biography. Howard Aiken's parents were Daniel H Aiken (born about 1870) and Margaret Emily Mierisch (1874-1961).
Howard Hathaway Aiken, the son of Daniel and Margaret Emily (Mierisch) Aiken, was born at the turn of the century, on 8 March 1900, in Hoboken, New Jersey. The boy was reared, however, in Indianapolis Indiana, where he attended the Arsenal Technical High School.
Mark I was designed in 1937 by Harvard graduate student Howard H. Aiken to solve advanced mathematical physics problems encountered in his research. Aiken’s ambitious proposal envisioned the use of modified, commercially-available technologies coordinated by a central control system.
Howard Hathaway Aiken (March 8, 1900 – March 14, 1973) was a pioneer in computing, being the primary engineer behind IBM's Harvard Mark I computer. He studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and later obtained his Ph.D. in physics at Harvard University in 1939.
Electrical engineer, physicist, and computing pioneer, Howard Hathaway Aiken, was born on March 8, 1900 in Hoboken, New Jersey. He spent most of his childhood in Indianapolis, Indiana and obtained a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
