George R. StibitzBorn: 1904 Birthplace: York, Pa. Complex
computer—Stibitz is internationally recognized as the father of
the modern digital computer. In 1939 Stibitz helped design the
Model I complex number calculator which could add two eight-
digit decimal numbers in a tenth of a second. (1983)Died: 1995
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