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Clifford Berry

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Clifford Berry was an American graduate student in physics at Iowa State College who worked with John Atanasoff to design and build the Atanasoff-Berry Computer between 1939 and 1942, contributing much of its detailed engineering. Work on the machine stopped when Atanasoff and Berry left for wartime assignments, and neither man patented it.

Facts
Birth Year
1918 1
Death Year
1963 1
Nationality
American 1
Connections

Associated With

Co-built the Atanasoff-Berry Computer, an early electronic digital computer.

Held Differently

The Computer, Inventions

Why this is disputed. Berry built the Atanasoff-Berry Computer's detailed engineering alongside Atanasoff between 1939 and 1942; the same 1973 federal ruling that credited Atanasoff applies to their joint work.

Source Honeywell, Inc. v. Sperry Rand Corp. (1973)
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1. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.View the Source
Honeywell, Inc. v. Sperry Rand Corp. (1973)
1973Invented: The ComputerView the Source
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