Edmund Berkeley

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Edmund Callis Berkeley (22 February 1909 – March 7, 1988) was an American computer scientist and founder of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

He became famous with the publication of his book Giant Brains, or Machines That Think (Wiley & Sons, 1949) in which he describes the first personal computer, Simon. Plans on how to build this computer were then published in the journal Radio Electronics in 1950 and 1951. He founded, published and edited the first computer magazine in the world, Computers and Automation.[1]

He also created the Geniac and Brainiac.

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  • Obituary in Communications of the ACM (1988) (requires an ACM membership)
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