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Frances Spence

1922 - 2012

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Frances V. Spence (née Bilas; March 2, 1922 – July 18, 2012) was an American physicist and computer scientist. She was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC (the first electronic digital computer). She is considered one of the first computer programmers in history. The other five ENIAC programmers were Betty Holberton, Ruth Teitelbaum, Kathleen Antonelli, Marlyn Meltzer, and Jean Bartik. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frances Spence is the 273rd most popular engineer (up from 287th in 2019), the 6,820th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,921st in 2019) and the 25th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Frances Spence ranks 273 out of 389. Before her are Alexander Mikulin, Aron Ralston, Ernest Goüin, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Butler Lampson, and Nikolay Makarov. After her are Jean-Augustin Barral, Erwin Komenda, Hendrik Wade Bode, Arkhip Lyulka, Émile Lemoine, and Mikhail Tikhonravov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Frances Spence ranks 281. Before her are Muhammetnazar Gapurow, Ingvar Rydell, Roy Salvadori, Martin Gray, John Hick, and Ruth Roman. After her are Natalya Meklin, Gustaf Jansson, Giuseppe Casari, Solomana Kante, Aldo Ballarin, and Vesna Parun. Among people deceased in 2012, Frances Spence ranks 273. Before her are Hector Bianciotti, Jacqueline Mazéas, Yash Chopra, Ulu Grosbard, John Hick, and Sergio Toppi. After her are Gustaf Jansson, Anna-Lisa Eriksson, Malcolm Browne, Jerzy Kulej, François Migault, and Patricia Medina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frances Spence ranks 6,822 out of 20,380. Before her are Bisher Al-Khasawneh (1969), Eugene Garfield (1925), Ivan Brown (1908), Benjamin Briggs (1835), Ken Jeong (1969), and Ford Konno (1933). After her are Alexis Herman (1947), George Eads (1967), Janet Margolin (1943), Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950), Kevin Johnson (1966), and Juan Trippe (1899).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Frances Spence ranks 25. Before her are Jon Postel (1943), Charles F. Brush (1849), Ed Heinemann (1908), Ransom E. Olds (1864), Aron Ralston (1975), and Butler Lampson (1943). After her are Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Eugene Polley (1915), Burt Rutan (1943), Frederick Terman (1900), and Alan Shugart (1930).

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