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Mary Kenneth Keller

1913 - 1985

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Mary Kenneth Keller, B.V.M. (December 17, 1913 – January 10, 1985) was an American Catholic religious sister, educator and pioneer in computer science. She was one of the first people, and the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in computer science in the United States. Keller and Irving C. Tang were the first two recipients of computer science doctorates (Keller's Ph.D. and Tang's D.Sc. were awarded on the same day). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Kenneth Keller is the 48th most popular computer scientist (up from 90th in 2019), the 3,020th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,033rd in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Mary Kenneth Keller ranks 48 out of 245. Before her are Ivan Sutherland, Luigi Federico Menabrea, Steve Russell, Kevin Mitnick, David Patterson, and Thomas E. Kurtz. After her are Juris Hartmanis, Paul Graham, Joseph Weizenbaum, Bruce Perens, Allen Newell, and Leonard Kleinrock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Mary Kenneth Keller ranks 113. Before her are Sebastiano Baggio, Franck Pourcel, Pak Song-chol, Masatoshi Nakayama, Willi Hennig, and José Sánchez del Río. After her are Philip Abelson, Tikhon Khrennikov, Wols, Georgy Flyorov, Ken Carpenter, and Mickey Cohen. Among people deceased in 1985, Mary Kenneth Keller ranks 76. Before her are Matti Järvinen, Wellington Koo, Nicolas Frantz, Eugene Ormandy, Vasyl Stus, and Philly Joe Jones. After her are Herbert Bayer, Wolfgang Reitherman, Fred Uhlman, Afet İnan, Lovro von Matačić, and Denis de Rougemont.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Kenneth Keller ranks 3,020 out of 20,380. Before her are James E. Gunn (1923), Jon Favreau (1966), Danny Kaye (1911), Anna Moffo (1932), Pauley Perrette (1969), and June Allyson (1917). After her are Carl Sandburg (1878), Richard Mentor Johnson (1780), Betty Grable (1916), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), Dennis Wilson (1944), and Philip Abelson (1913).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Mary Kenneth Keller ranks 30. Before her are Charles Bachman (1924), Ivan Sutherland (1938), Steve Russell (1937), Kevin Mitnick (1963), David Patterson (1947), and Thomas E. Kurtz (1928). After her are Allen Newell (1927), Leonard Kleinrock (1934), Leslie Lamport (1941), Alan Perlis (1922), J. C. R. Licklider (1915), and Vernor Vinge (1944).

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