Betty Holberton

Frances Elizabeth Holberton was an American computer scientist who was one of the six original programmers of the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, ENIAC. The other five ENIAC programmers were Jean Bartik, Ruth Teitelbaum, Kathleen Antonelli, Marlyn Meltzer, and Frances Spence.

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Dates from Wikidata (CC0)

Who was born first?

• Betty Holberton and Andrew Huxley were born the same year
• Betty Holberton and John Fenn were born the same year
• Betty Holberton and Herbert A. Hauptman were born the same year
• Betty Holberton and William Standish Knowles were born the same year
• Betty Holberton and Walter Munk were born the same year

Timeline

1. Andrew HuxleyNovember 22, 1917 – May 30, 2012
2. Betty Holberton (this page)March 7, 1917 – December 8, 2001
3. Herbert A. HauptmanFebruary 14, 1917 – October 23, 2011
4. John FennJune 15, 1917 – December 10, 2010
5. Walter MunkOctober 19, 1917 – February 8, 2019
6. William Standish KnowlesJune 1, 1917 – June 13, 2012

Related

• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934
• Nicolaus CopernicusFebruary 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543
• Louis PasteurDecember 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895
• Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizJune 21, 1646 – November 14, 1716