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Jean E. Sammet

1928 - 2017

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Jean E. Sammet (March 23, 1928 – May 20, 2017) was an American computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language in 1962. She was also one of the developers of the influential COBOL programming language. She received her B.A. in mathematics from Mount Holyoke College in 1948 and her M.A. in mathematics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1949. She received an honorary D.Sc. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean E. Sammet is the 180th most popular computer scientist (down from 168th in 2019), the 10,973rd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,358th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Jean E. Sammet ranks 180 out of 245. Before her are Bruce Schneier, Katie Bouman, Bassel Khartabil, David Marr, David Karp, and Peter Shor. After her are Michael Dertouzos, Richard Garriott, Rob Pike, Scott Fahlman, Grady Booch, and Dave Cutler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Jean E. Sammet ranks 536. Before her are Wanda Hendrix, Joseph Kruskal, Aisha Rateb, Beniamino Andreatta, Władysław Hasior, and Ernestine Anderson. After her are Ferenc Juhász, Boris Kuznetsov, Andrés Prieto, Stig Claesson, Péter Bacsó, and Laurus Škurla. Among people deceased in 2017, Jean E. Sammet ranks 549. Before her are Ty Hardin, Viktor Kupreichik, Lorne Loomer, Desmond Connell, Giorgio Capitani, and Kirti Nidhi Bista. After her are Nicole Bricq, Shelley Berman, Tommy Gemmell, Lee Yuan-tsu, Norma McCorvey, and Isabelle Daniels.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jean E. Sammet ranks 10,975 out of 20,380. Before her are Christina Hoff Sommers (1950), Benji Madden (1979), Ed Thigpen (1930), Tom DeLonge (1975), Gail Halvorsen (1920), and Zach Grenier (1954). After her are Cynthia Lummis (1954), Samuel Chase (1741), Jason Mraz (1977), Red Amick (1929), Mike Bryan (1978), and Shy Love (1978).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Jean E. Sammet ranks 102. Before her are Randy Pausch (1960), Andy Hertzfeld (1953), Bruce Schneier (1963), Katie Bouman (1989), David Karp (1986), and Peter Shor (1959). After her are Scott Fahlman (1948), Grady Booch (1955), Dave Cutler (1942), Robert Tappan Morris (1965), Brian Acton (1972), and Ralph Merkle (1952).

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