Contents | Next Born: New York, New York, December 9, 1906 Died: Arlington, Virginia, January 1, 1992 Pioneer Computer Scientist The new discipline of computing and the sciences that depend upon it have led the way in making space for women's participation on an equal basis. That was in some ways true for Grace Murray Hopper, and it is all the more true for women today because of Hopper's work.

Grace Murray Hopper December 9, 1906 - January 1, 1992 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. The oldest of three children, she was intensely curious at an early age. Even at age seven, she showed a particular love for gadgets, ...

Grace Hopper Mother of the Computer The late Commodore Grace Hopper's spectacular scientific achievements have become international. She had changed the ever-growing world of the computer. As a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Vassar, she went on to receive a M.A. and Ph.D. degree at Yale. Her return to Vassar as an assistant in mathematics progressed to an associate professorship and further studies ...

Grace Murray Hopper, one of the pioneers of computer science, is generally credited with developments that led to COBOL, the programming language for business applications. ...

Fascinating facts about Grace Hopper inventor of the first computer compiler in 1952.

Grace Murray Hopper: the Mother of COBOL and one of the most important women in the history of computers.