Arthur Burks
Arthur Burks | |
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Burks in 1971 | |
| Born | October 13, 1915 |
| Died | May 14, 2008 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan (Ph.D., M.A.) DePauw University (B.A.) |
| Notable work | contributed to the design of the ENIAC |
| Scientific career | |
| Doctoral students | John Henry Holland |
Arthur Walter Burks (October 13, 1915 – May 14, 2008) was an American mathematician who worked in the 1940s as a senior engineer on the project that contributed to the design of the ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. Decades later, Burks and his wife Alice Burks outlined their case for the subject matter of the ENIAC having been derived from John Vincent Atanasoff. Burks was also for several decades a faculty member at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.