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Clifford Berry

Clifford Berry

American computer scientist

For the Canadian water polo player, see Clifford Barry. For the American jockey, see Cliff Berry.

Clifford Edward Berry (April 19, 1918 – October 30, 1963) helped John Vincent Atanasoff create the first digital electronic computer in 1939, the Atanasoff–Berry computer (ABC).

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Biography

Clifford Berry was born April 19, 1918, in Gladbrook, Iowa, to Fred and Grace Berry.[1] His father owned an appliance repair shop, where he was able to learn about radios.[1] He graduated from Marengo High School in Marengo, Iowa, in 1934 as the class valedictorian at age 16.[2] He went on to study at Iowa State College (now known as Iowa State University), eventually earning a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1939 and followed by his master's degree in physics in 1941.[2]

In 1942, he married an ISU classmate and Atanasoff's secretary, Martha Jean Reed.[1]

By 1948, he earned his PhD in physics from Iowa State University.[2]

He died in 1963, attributed to "possible suicide".[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Famous Iowans – Clifford Berry". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2018-11-21.[permanent dead link]
  2. [2]
    "Computer Pioneers – Clifford Edward Berry". IEEE Computer Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2012. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  3. [3]
    "Computer Pioneers - Clifford Edward Berry".
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