zuse"s plankalkül By carolineborders 1910 born in Berlin, Germany https://computerhistory.org/profile/konrad-zuse/ 1935 builds Z1, world's first program-controlled computer. 1935 graduated from the Technische Hochschule Berlin-Charlottenburg in civil engineering https://computerhistory.org/profile/konrad-zuse/ 1940 first complete high-level language was designed https://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Software/Plankalkul.html Jun 12, 1941 presented at the German Laboratory for Aviation in Berlin https://www.inverse.com/article/15542-konrad-zuse-s-z3-the-world-s-first-programmable-computer-was-unveiled-75-years-ago 1945 describes Plankalkuel as the world's first higher-level programming language http://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html 1945 ZI-Z3 were destroyed in an Allied bomb attack on Berlin https://computerhistory.org/profile/konrad-zuse/ 1945 married Gisela Brandes] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse 1946 founds world's first computer startup company http://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html 1946 established the Ingenieurbüro Hopferau https://www.german-way.com/notable-people/featured-bios/konrad-zuse/ 1950 Zuse leases world's first commercial computer (the Z4) to ETHZ http://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html 1967 first to suggest that the universe itself is running on a grid of computers http://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html 1969 publishes the book "Rechnender Raum" http://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html 1970 named one of the 30 most important figures http://people.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html 1995 passed away https://computerhistory.org/profile/konrad-zuse/
