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- NAME: Howard H. Aiken
- OCCUPATION: Inventor, Physicist
- BIRTH DATE: March 09, 1900
- DEATH DATE: March 14, 1973
- EDUCATION: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Harvard University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Hoboken, New Jersey
- PLACE OF DEATH: St. Louis, Missouri
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Howard H. Aiken was a 20th century mathematician and engineer who came up with the idea behind the Mark I, a forerunner to modern computing devices.
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Born on March 9, 1900, in Hoboken, New Jersey, Howard H. Aiken went on to study physics and taught for a time at Harvard. Aiken came up with the idea of creating an automated machine that would handle large scale calculating. Teaming up with IBM, Aiken and a group of engineers created the Mark 1, which debuted in 1944. The Mark II was unveiled three years later. Aiken died on March 14, 1973.
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