𝓒𝓢𝓢 𝓢𝓾𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓮𝓼

𝒯𝒾𝓂𝑜𝓉𝒽𝓎 𝐵𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝐿𝑒𝑒


Timothy Berners Lee

Birth:

June 8, 1955|Currently 68 years old

Major Academic Events:

Contributions to Computer Science:

★ His major contribution was that he invented the World
Wide Web to share information from scientists to
universities worldwide

Sources:

𝓖𝓵𝓪𝓭𝔂𝓼 𝓦𝓮𝓼𝓽


Gladys West

Birth:

October 27, 1930|Currently 93 years old

Major Academic Events:

Contributions to Computer Science:

★ Her major contribution was working on Seasat
and Geosat, which lead to her creating an early model of
the GPS, which could precisely calculate the orbits of
satellites. Because of her making this, the GPS
system can make accurate calculations of any place on Earth.

Sources:

𝓗𝓮𝓭𝔂 𝓛𝓪𝓶𝓪𝓻𝓻


Hedy Lamarr

Birth:

November 9, 1914

Death:

January 19, 2000

Major Academic Events:

Hedy Lamarr was tutored privately from the age of four.
When she turned ten, Lamarr could speak four
languages, play piano proficiently, and dance.

Contributions to Computer Science:

In 2014, Hedy Lamarr developed her frequency hopping
technology, leading to the creation of WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth, and
other wireless communications. This landed her in
the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Sources:

𝓝𝓪𝓿𝓲𝓰𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷

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