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Grace murray hopper donated her materials to the national museum of american history, section of mathematics in 1967 and 1968. She hoped to write computer programs that would allow other scientists and eventually non. Admiral of the cyber sea, by kathleen broome williams. Grace hopper and the invention of the information age lemelson center studies in invention and innovation series beyer, kurt w. From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it, thus launching the word bug as it applied to computers. It starts with her childhood spent tinkering with clocks and building an elevator for her dollhouse before moving on to her adult career. Immediately download the grace hopper summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for. Grace murray hopper quotes quoteland quotations by.
Grace murray hopper author of understanding computers. Navy who was a pioneer in developing computer technology, helping to devise univac i, the first commercial electronic computer. Admiral grace hopper, pioneering computer programmer. Fact 1 a pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the harvard mark i computer, and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language.
Grace hopper and the invention of the information age lemelson center studies in invention and innovation series. Ten fun facts about grace murray hopper fact 1 a pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the harvard mark i computer, and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language. On saturday, hell be at harvard to deliver a 20minute talk on computing pioneers like grace hopper, and then will moderate a panel about women in computing. The technical accomplishments of grace murray hopper. With this indepth biography of female tech pioneer grace murray hopper, a new generation can learn about this trailblazing computer scientist who contributed so much to computer technology. A navy admiral and math whiz, she taught computers to talk. Rear admiral grace murray hopper december 9, 1906 january 1, 1992 was an american computer scientist and united states navy officer. She was sworn in in 1943 and started officer training. Captain hopper was profiled in 1983 by morley safer on the cbs program 60 minutes.
Grace murray hopper is among the many recognized vassar innovators. Since the mark i was a relay and step counter machine, it was not too difficult to change the circuits. An admiral who never went to sea, hopper owed her success in the u. Awardwinning reading solution with thousands of leveled readers, lesson plans, worksheets and assessments to teach guided reading, reading proficiency and comprehension to k5 students. Grace brewster murray hopper 19061992 was a computer pioneer and naval officer. Grace murray hopper author see all 7 formats and editions. The narrative covers many of the major events in grace hoppers life. She was one of the first programmers of the harvard mark 1 computer as well as a seasoned officer in the united states navy. Join facebook to connect with grace murray hopper and others you may know. Gr 24 grace hopper nee murray, a girl with a keen mind and a determined attitude, grows up to become the queen of computer code. She popularized the idea of machineindependent programming languages, which led to the development.
Navy, as in civilian life, to her mastery of computers and computing. Background history to clarify the discussion and the timeline of events in her life, ms. Rear admiral hopper discussed her career and explained the nanosecond to david letterman in 1985. Grace murray hopper article about grace murray hopper by. Grace murray hopper author visit amazons grace murray hopper page.
In 1946 grace hopper published a book a manual of operations for the automatic sequence controlled calculator. Story words bunch, late, lunch box, oatmeal, remember, troubles. However, she was still able to play sports at school, including basketball, field hockey, and water polo. Doctor of philosophy higher education, may, 1994, 110 pp. Her childhood and early years contributed to her brilliant career but also showed how she was a typical kid in many ways. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. She popularized the idea of machineindependent programming languages, which led to the development of. An admiral who never went to sea, hopper owed her success grace hopper, grace hopper with the longest active military career, rear admiral grace hopper 19061992 was also known as amazing grace and grand old lady of digital computer, a digital computer is a. He drove nearly all of us crazy because he could do that. A hollywood biopic about the life of computer pioneer grace murray hopper 19061992 would go like this.
The tale has young grace in a sail canoe on lake wentworth at her familys summer home. After joining the waves at age 37, hoppers achievements in the computer industry is legendary. View the profiles of people named grace murray hopper. How a group of hackers, geniuses and geeks created the digital revolution. Finally, someone located the trouble spot and, using ordinary tweezers, removed the problem, a twoinch moth. Her sister mary was three years younger and her brother roger was five years younger than. Publisher description the oral biography of grace murray hopper, whose work with early computers transformed mathematical symbols into words, helping to usher in the era of technology. First a member of the waves and the us naval reserve, grace hopper retired from the navy several times before returning and gaining the rank of rear admiral. Queen of computer code is an illustrated book aimed at young children.
Grace hopper was one of the pioneers in the early days of electronic computers. In a fastmoving tech world, its worth taking time to remember grace hopper. Grace murray hopper quotes author of understanding computers. She was an american computer scientist and united states navy officer rear admiral, lower half. Hopper was born grace brewster murray in new york city. Inspired by the legacy of admiral grace murray hopper, the anita borg institute, with the association of computing machinery, presents the annual grace hopper celebration ghc of women in computing bringing the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront.
Grace hopper and her team iterated and released new versions of the compiler. In 1928 she graduated from vassar college with a ba in mathematics and physics and joined the vassar faculty. Rear admiral grace hopper helped to develop an early computer, invented the compiler making possible higher level computer languages, and helped to define the design of the programming language cobol. Grace hopper was the essence of grit and that grit is well described here. The majority of the collection was donated through the museums computer oral history project in 1972. Hopper, grace, 190692, american computer scientist, b. This study explored the life and work of the late grace murray. Browse our complete list of 3444 authors by last name. Hopper is best known for her trailblazing contributions to computer programming, software development, and the design and implementation of programming languages. Grace murray hopper may have been ahead of her time. One of the first programmers of the harvard mark i computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first linkers. Her belief that programming languages should be as easily understood as english was highly influential on the development of one of. Hopper, grace murray, 1906 mathematician physical sciences, division of nmah, smithsonian institution.
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