zuse"s plankalkül

born in Berlin, Germany

1910

https://computerhistory.org/profile/konrad-zuse/

builds Z1, world's first program-controlled computer.

1935

graduated from the Technische Hochschule Berlin-Charlottenburg in civil engineering

1935

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first complete high-level language was designed

1940

https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Software/Plankalkul.html

presented at the German Laboratory for Aviation in Berlin

Jun 12, 1941

https://www.inverse.com/article/15542-konrad-zuse-s-z3-the-world-s-first-programmable-computer-was-unveiled-75-years-ago

describes Plankalkuel as the world's first higher-level programming language

1945

http://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html

ZI-Z3 were destroyed in an Allied bomb attack on Berlin

1945

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married Gisela Brandes]

1945

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founds world's first computer startup company

1946

http://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html

established the Ingenieurbüro Hopferau

1946

https://www.german-way.com/notable-people/featured-bios/konrad-zuse/

Zuse leases world's first commercial computer (the Z4) to ETHZ

1950

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first to suggest that the universe itself is running on a grid of computers

1967

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publishes the book "Rechnender Raum"

1969

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named one of the 30 most important figures

1970

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passed away

1995

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