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Konrad Zuse
1910 – 1995
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryKonrad Ernst Otto Zuse was a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor and businessman. His greatest achievement was the world's first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941. Thanks to this machine and its predecessors, Zuse is regarded by some as the inventor and father of the modern computer.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
June 22, 1910
Wilmersdorf
Date of death
December 18, 1995
Hünfeld
Citizenship
Germany
Occupations & fields
inventorentrepreneurcomputer scientistengineercivil engineerpainter
Awards & honours
Wilhelm Leuschner MedalWerner von Siemens RingGreat Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyErnst Reuter MedalRudolf-Diesel-MedailleWilhelm Exner Medal
Notable works
Z1Z2Z3Z4Z5Z11
- Field and occupation
- nemecký vedec
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