Grace Hopper >With the longest active military career, Rear Admiral Grace Hopper > (1906-1992) was also known as "Amazing Grace" and "Grand Old Lady of >Software." She played an instrumental role in the development of the COBOL >computer programming language [1].
Grace Brewster Hopper 1906-1992 American Mathematician and Computer Programmer G race Hopper developed COBOL, a computer programming language, in the 1950s and her related innovations, such as compilers used for business processes, provided a foundation for more sophisticated computing systems. A computer software pioneer, Hopper encouraged her colleagues to enhance technology for data ...
HOPPER, GRACE MURRAY (b. New York [1], New York [2], 9 December 1906, d. Washington, D.C., 1 January 1992),computer sciences, programming languages, COBOL.An admiral who never went to sea, Hopper owed her success in the U.S. Navy, as in civilian life, to her mastery of computers and computing.
Hopper, Grace Murray (1906–1992) Rear admiral, U.S. Naval Reserve, who pioneered computer technology for military and business applications and was a primary inventor of the standard computer language COBOL. Born Grace Brewster Murray in New York City on ; died on , in Arlington, Virginia; daughter of Walter Fletcher Murray (an insurance broker) and Mary ...
Hopper, Grace Brewster Murray (b. 9 December 1906 in New York City; d. 1 January 1992 in Arlington, Virginia), naval officer, mathematician, and computer expert. Source for information on Hopper, Grace Brewster Murray: The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives dictionary.
A major force of modern computer technology was Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992). After earning her 1934 Ph.D. in mathematics from Yale University, Hopper taught at Vassar until World War II, when she joined the U.S. Navy Reserve.