In Memoriam
If you know of any noteworthy individuals who have made
contributions to the IT industry and have passed on,
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Noted living honorees can be found at the Honor
Roll.
Abū ʿAbdal Muḥammad ibn M Khwārizmī (780-850)
Considered the founder of algebra |
John Napier (1550-1617)
Known for the discovery of the logarithm and inventor of the "Napier's bones" mathematical aid |
Wilhelm Schickard (1592-1635)
Inventor of many machines such as one for calculating astronomical dates and one for Hebrew grammar |
William Oughtred (1574-1660)
Credited as inventor of the slide rule in 1622 |
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
Constructed a mechanical calculator capable of addition and subtraction, called the Pascaline |
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716)
Discovered the binary number system, anticipated Lagrangian interpolation, algorithmic information theory, and invented the calculus ratiocinator as well as a machine that could execute all four arithmetical operations, the Stepped Reckoner |
Philipp Matthäus Hahn (1739-1790)
Designed the first functional mechanical calculator |
Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-1830)
Best known for initiating the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations |
Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752-1834)
Inventor the earliest programmable loom |
Augusta Ada Byron (1815-1852)
Recognized as having devised the first computer program |
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