John Mauchly

30 August 1907 – 8 January 1980

John William Mauchly was an American physicist who, with J. Presper Eckert, co-invented ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. He helped design the EDVAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC, and co-founded one of the earliest commercial computer companies.

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Born in Cincinnati, Ohio
30 August 1907

John Mauchly was born in Cincinnati and raised near Washington, D.C.

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Doctorate in physics from Johns Hopkins University
1932

Mauchly earned his PhD in physics at Johns Hopkins.

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Joined the Moore School of Electrical Engineering
1941

Mauchly joined the University of Pennsylvania, where he met J. Presper Eckert.

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Co-invented ENIAC
1943 – 1946

Mauchly conceived and, with Eckert, built ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer.

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Co-founded the Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
1946

Mauchly and Eckert founded one of the first commercial computer companies.

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Completed the UNIVAC I
1951

Mauchly and Eckert delivered the UNIVAC I, one of the first commercially produced computers.

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ENIAC patent invalidated in Honeywell v. Sperry Rand
1973

A court ruled the ENIAC patent invalid, crediting John Atanasoff as an influence on the invention of the electronic digital computer.

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Died in Ambler, Pennsylvania
8 January 1980

John Mauchly died from complications of an inherited hereditary condition.

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