This week celebrates technology innovators whose work now aids us in our genealogical
pursuits. Per wikitree.com I am:

23 degrees from Charles Babbage
21 degrees from John Atanasoff
24 degrees from Marian Croak
27 degrees from Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
23 degrees from James Gosling
20 degrees from Grace Hopper
24 degrees from Kenneth Iverson
24 degrees from Steve Jobs
20 degrees from Hedy Lamarr
22 degrees from Janos von Neumann
22 degrees from Larry Page
20 degrees from Alan Turing

More about them:

Charles Babbage, considered by some to be the "father of the computer."
His talents spanned mathematics, philosophy, invention and mechanical engineering.

John Atanasoff, physicist and inventor best known for co-inventing the first electronic
digital computer.

Marian Croak, engineer who developed VoIP technology and help numerous other patents.

Edsgar Dijkstra, computer scientist known for his development of the shortest path
algorithm, known as Dijkstra's algorithm.

James Gosling, father of the "Java" programming system.

Grace Hopper, one of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer and invented the first compiler for a computer programming language.

Kenneth Iverson, Canadian computer scientist noted for the development of the programming language APL (Advanced Programming Language).

Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple and pioneer of personal computer technology.

Hedy Lamarr, developed a frequency hopping technology that paved the way for the
future of WiFi.

Larry Page, co-founder of Google.

Alan Turing, considered one of the innovators of AI.

Janos von Neumann, generally regarded as the foremost mathematician of his time.

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I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, authors, bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, ghosts, holocaust survivors
Indian chiefs, pro hockey players, singers and musicians, painters, physicians,
politicians, poets, popes, writers, WW I heroes. I guess that I am a collection of
all of them, as we ALL are.

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