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Key Points Who Was George Stibitz George Stibitz was an American inventor and computer pioneer. He is best known for his time […]
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Charles Stanhope The British statesman and versatile scientist Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope and Viscount Mahon, was born in London […]
Chaim Zelig Slonimski Chaim Zelig Slonimski (also known by many name variations through Hebrew, Yiddish, Polish, and the Russian version […]
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Who Was Abraham Jakub Stern? Abraham Jakub Stern (alternatively spelled Avraham Ya’akov Shtern) was a mathematician, translator, mechanical engineer, and a […]
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Who was Eduard Selling Eduard Selling was a German mathematician and an inventor of calculating machines. Early life Eduard Selling was born […]
Who Was Jean-Baptiste Schwilgue? Born Jean-Baptiste Sosime Schwilgue in December 1776, Jean-Baptiste Schwilgue was the original architect of the third […]
Few know of James Ritty, but he is a man who has influenced the life of virtually everyone who […]
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David Roth The Austrian Jew David Roth was born in 1808 in Cassovia (now Košice in Slovakia, but then it […]
Wilhelm Schickard Early Life Wilhelm Schickard (see the calculating machine of Schickard) was born in the morning at half past seven […]
Who Was Pehr-Georg Scheutz? Pehr-Georg Scheutz, born on September 23, 1785, was a Swedish inventor, translator, and lawyer, popularly known […]
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Following a period spent at the University of Erlangen studying theology, Johann Reichold left to work as a private […]
Charles Felton Pidgin Charles Felton Pidgin was born on 11 November 1844, in a house in Felton Place at Boston Highlands, […]
Fawcett Plumb was born on 10 December 1834, in Andover, Ohio, to Frances Merrill Plumb (1806-1899) and Laura Mary Hyde […]
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Giovanni Poleni Giovanni Poleni was born on 23 August, 1683, in Venice, Italy, to Jacopo (Giacomo) Poleni (1655-1737) and Elisabetta […]
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Who Was Solomon Pool? Solomon Pool was a famous educator, the University of North Carolina’s fourth president, and clergyman. His […]
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Claude Perrault Claude Perrault (see the calculating machine of Perrault) was born in Paris on 25 September 1613, in the […]
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Jacob-Rodrigues Pereira Jacob-Rodrigues Pereira, better known as Pereire, was born in Berlanga, Extremadura, Spain (or in Peniche, Portugal, according to […]
Axel Jacob Petersson Axel Jacob (also spelled as Jakob) Petersson was born in Ålem, Kalmar County, Sweden, on 4 March […]
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Who Was Blaise Pascal? Blaise Pascal was a famous French mathematician and philosopher. As a converter to Christianity, Pascal’s beliefs […]
Who Was Maxwell Newman? Originally called Hermann Alexander Neumann before applying for a change of surname, Maxwell Newman was a […]
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La Verne Noyes La Verne W. Noyes was born on 7 January 1849, in Genoa, New York, in the house […]
Who Was Robert Noyce? Robert Noyce was an American inventor, engineer, and businessman. He made a massive impact on the […]
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Who Was John Ballou Newbrough? John Ballou Newbrough is a 33rd-degree Mason, vegetarian, and an avid student of the world’s […]
John Napier John Napier (John Napier frequently signed his name “Jhone Neper, Fear of Merchiston”, but later on we can […]