John Vincent Atanasoff
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John Vincent Atanasoff was an American physicist and inventor credited with inventing the first electronic digital computer. Atanasoff invented the first electronic digital computer in the 1930s at Io
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Atanasoff as a young man
Atanasoff with his computer
1997 replica of the Atanasoff–Berry Computer at Durham Center, Iowa State University
Brewster, Florida
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Brewster is a ghost town in southwest Polk County, Florida, United States, ten miles south of Mulberry. It is at an elevation of 143 ft above sea level and has been uninhabited since the early 1960s.
John Vincent Atanasoff
…electrical engineer, whereas his mother, Iva Lucena Purdy (of mixed French and Irish ancestry), was a teacher of mathematics. Atanasoff was raised in Brewster, Florida. Young Atanasoff's ambitions and intellectual pursuits were in part influenced by his parents, whose interests in the natural and applied sciences…
Brewster Power Plant in 1920
An EMD GP38-2 diesel locomotive sits astride the tracks at the Agrock Rail switch yard.
Brewster Florida Smokestack in 2012 from Old Highway 37
Brewster Florida Abandoned Buildings in 2012 from Old Highway 37