William Higinbotham
William Higinbotham | |
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Higinbotham's Los Alamos identity photo | |
| Born | October 22, 1910 Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | November 10, 1994 (aged 84) Gainesville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Known for | Nuclear nonproliferation, Tennis for Two, the first interactive analog computer game |
William Alfred Higinbotham (October 22, 1910 – November 10, 1994) was an American physicist. A member of the team that developed the first nuclear bomb, he later became a leader in the nonproliferation movement. He also has a place in the history of video games for his 1958 creation of Tennis for Two, the first interactive analog computer game and one of the first electronic games to use a graphical display.