Immediately download the grace hopper summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for. Grace hopper was one of the pioneers in the early days of electronic computers. Navy who was a pioneer in developing computer technology, helping to devise univac i, the first commercial electronic computer. May 02, 2012 grace murray hopper grace brewster murray was born on december 9, 1906 in new york city. Grace brewster murray hopper was a computer pioneer and naval officer. Inspired by the legacy of admiral grace murray hopper, the anita borg institute, with the association of computing machinery, presents the annual grace hopper celebration ghc of women in computing bringing the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront. Aug 27, 2018 rear admiral grace hopper helped to develop an early computer, invented the compiler making possible higher level computer languages, and helped to define the design of the programming language cobol. She was sworn in in 1943 and started officer training. She graduated at the top of her class from midshipmans school in 1944 as leutenant jg junior grade grace murray hopper. One of the first programmers of the harvard mark i computer, she was a pioneer of computer programming who invented one of the first linkers. At the age of seven she decided to determine how an alarm clock worked. Ten fun facts about grace murray hopper fact 1 a pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the harvard mark i computer, and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language. First a member of the waves and the us naval reserve, grace hopper retired from the navy several times before returning and gaining the rank of.
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Fact 1 a pioneer in the field, she was one of the first programmers of the harvard mark i computer, and developed the first compiler for a computer programming language. Captain hopper was profiled in 1983 by morley safer on the cbs program 60 minutes. It starts with her childhood spent tinkering with clocks and building an elevator for her dollhouse before moving on to her adult career. Grace murray hopper quotes author of understanding computers. The span of hopper s life is covered, including her upbringing and formal education. Grace hopper and the invention of the information age lemelson center studies in invention and innovation series. She and her team invented a0, the worlds first compiler. In 1928 she graduated from vassar college with a ba in mathematics and physics and joined the vassar faculty. On saturday, hell be at harvard to deliver a 20minute talk on computing pioneers like grace hopper, and then will moderate a panel about women in computing. Dec 03, 2014 walter isaacsons new book is the innovators. With this indepth biography of female tech pioneer grace murray hopper, a new generation can learn about this trailblazing computer scientist who contributed so much to computer technology. Finally, someone located the trouble spot and, using ordinary tweezers, removed the problem, a twoinch moth. See all books authored by grace murray hopper, including instructors manual to accompany understanding computers, third edition, and understanding computers, and more on. Browse our complete list of 3444 authors by last name.
Grace murray hopper author of understanding computers. In 1928 she graduated from vassar college with a ba in. Biography of grace murray hopper office of the president. Hopper was born grace brewster murray in new york city. Grace murray hopper may have been ahead of her time. Grace hopper and the invention of the information age lemelson center studies in invention and innovation series beyer, kurt w. Grace hopper was a computer scientist when there were few and an admiral in the u. In a fastmoving tech world, its worth taking time to remember grace hopper. A navy admiral and math whiz, she taught computers to talk. Hopper, grace, 190692, american computer scientist, b.
Navy, as in civilian life, to her mastery of computers and computing. Grace continued her work with the mark ii and mark iii. Then, determined to make programming accessible to more people, she replaced mathematical symbols in programming with everyday english words. The majority of the collection was donated through the museums computer oral history project in 1972. A hollywood biopic about the life of computer pioneer grace murray hopper 19061992 would go like this. Rear admiral grace murray hopper was an american computer scientist and united states navy officer. From then on, when anything went wrong with a computer, we said it had bugs in it, thus launching the word bug as it applied to computers. Grace hopper was the essence of grit and that grit is well described here.
Grace murray hopper donated her materials to the national museum of american history, section of mathematics in 1967 and 1968. Grace murray hopper died in her sleep at her home in. Written by rebecca norman, class of 2000 agnes scott college grace brewster murray hopper was born in new york city on december 9, 1906, to walter fletcher murray and mary campbell horne murray. Rear admiral grace hopper helped to develop an early computer, invented the compiler making possible higher level computer languages, and helped to define the design of the programming language cobol.
Quotes from grace hopper, computer programming pioneer. She was one of the first programmers of the harvard mark 1 computer as well as a seasoned officer in the united states navy. Wallmark shares incidents and stories from the scientists remarkable life that illustrate grace being grace, and with these anecdotes, the author paints an engaging portrait of a unique woman in this bright and informative biography. Her belief that programming languages should be as easily understood as english was highly influential on the development of one of. Gr 24 grace hopper nee murray, a girl with a keen mind and a determined attitude, grows up to become the queen of computer code. In science it often happens that scientists say, you know thats a really good argument. United states navy admiral grace hopper 19061992 was one of the first programmers in the history of computers. After joining the waves at age 37, hoppers achievements in the computer industry is legendary. However, she was still able to play sports at school, including basketball, field hockey, and water polo. Story words bunch, late, lunch box, oatmeal, remember, troubles.
Grace murray hopper grace murray hopper other wise known, as amazing grace was a pioneer in many ways. Working to create the future lives worth living discover prime book box for kids story time just got better with prime book box, a subscription that delivers editorially handpicked childrens books every 1, 2, or 3 months at 40% off list price. She conceptualized the idea of machineindependent programming. Administrative information acquisition information grace murray hopper donated her materials to the national museum of american history, section of mathematics in 1967 and 1968.