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A LIFE REMEMBERED

Grace Hopper

Computer scientist and naval officer

1906 — 1992Resting place not yet verified
United StatesScienceEngineering and technology
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THE STORY OF A LIFE

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Grace Hopper was born in New York City on 9 December 1906. She completed a mathematics doctorate at Yale in 1934 and joined the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1943.

She participated in the 1959 CODASYL effort and contributed to COBOL's development and adoption. She died in Arlington, Virginia, on 1 January 1992.

Milestones of a life

  1. 1906

    Birth

    Born in New York City on 9 December.

  2. 1934

    Mathematics doctorate

    Completed her mathematics doctorate at Yale.

  3. 1959

    CODASYL work

    Joined the common-language effort that led to COBOL.

  4. 1992

    Death

    Died in Arlington, Virginia, on 1 January.

Sources behind this story

Yale University · Grace Murray Hopper biyografisiYale Computer Science · Hopper'ın yaşam tarihleri ve çalışmalarıWikidata · yaşam tarihleri ve meslek (CC0)

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