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George Stibitz

1904 - 1995

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George Robert Stibitz (April 30, 1904 – January 31, 1995) was an American researcher at Bell Labs who is internationally recognized as one of the fathers of the modern digital computer. He was known for his work in the 1930s and 1940s on the realization of Boolean logic digital circuits using electromechanical relays as the switching element. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Stibitz is the 384th most popular inventor (down from 359th in 2019), the 9,930th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,948th in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, George Stibitz ranks 384 out of 426. Before him are Wordsworth Donisthorpe, Charles Darrow, Frank Piasecki, Isaac Pitman, Barnes Wallis, and Johan Vaaler. After him are George Beauchamp, Robin Li, William Friese-Greene, Oliver Evans, Gary Fisher, and Yvonne Brill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, George Stibitz ranks 308. Before him are Domingo García, Carleton S. Coon, Marcel Capelle, Francis Tyler, J. H. C. Whitehead, and Lino Nessi. After him are Arthur F. Burns, Cemal Reşit Rey, Alfredo Sánchez, Thawi Bunyaket, Virgilio Levratto, and Sabiha Bengütaş. Among people deceased in 1995, George Stibitz ranks 289. Before him are Gottfried Haberler, Grahame Clark, Fischer Black, Les Aspin, Víctor Peralta, and Salil Chowdhury. After him are Bruno Junk, George Woodcock, T. Keith Glennan, Iqbal Masih, Stig Sjölin, and Boris Gurevich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Stibitz ranks 9,932 out of 20,380. Before him are Jonah Falcon (1970), Brian Donlevy (1901), Daniel Johnston (1961), Benjamin Franklin Butler (1795), David Brenner (1962), and Frank Benford (1883). After him are Gertrude Mary Cox (1900), Brian Benben (1956), Paige Turco (1965), David Vincent (1965), Scott Ian (1963), and Benjamin Harrison V (1726).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, George Stibitz ranks 104. Before him are Tabitha Babbitt (1779), Patricia Bath (1942), Henry J. Kaiser (1882), Robert S. Langer (1948), Charles Darrow (1889), and Frank Piasecki (1919). After him are George Beauchamp (1899), Oliver Evans (1755), Gary Fisher (1950), Dean Kamen (1951), Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), and Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860).

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