Konrad Zuse
22 June 1910 – 18 December 1995
Konrad Zuse was a German civil engineer, inventor, and computer pioneer who built the Z3, completed in 1941 and widely considered the first programmable, fully automatic digital computer. He also designed Plankalkül, one of the first high-level programming languages, and later founded one of the earliest computer companies.
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Life events
Zuse earned his degree in civil engineering.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgZuse built the Z1, a programmable mechanical calculator, in his parents' apartment.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgZuse finished the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgZuse developed Plankalkül, one of the first high-level programming languages, though it was not implemented in his lifetime.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgZuse founded one of the earliest computer companies, which produced the Z4 and later machines.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgZuse published Rechnender Raum ('Calculating Space'), pioneering the idea of digital physics.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgKonrad Zuse died in Hünfeld, near Fulda.
Source: en.wikipedia.org