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Edward F. Moore

1925 - 2003

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Edward Forrest Moore (November 23, 1925 in Baltimore, Maryland – June 14, 2003 in Madison, Wisconsin) was an American professor of mathematics and computer science, the inventor of the Moore finite state machine, and an early pioneer of artificial life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward F. Moore has received more than 83,570 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward F. Moore is the 182nd most popular computer scientist, the 11,102nd most popular biography from United States and the 104th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Edward F. Moore ranks 182 out of 245Before him are Peter Shor, Yoshua Bengio, Audrey Tang, Henriette Avram, Luis von Ahn, and Sugata Mitra. After him are Noga Alon, Andrew Morton, Pat Hanrahan, Geir Ivarsøy, Brian Acton, and Bruce Perens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Edward F. Moore ranks 493Before him are Eric Fleming, Martin David Kruskal, P. Bhanumathi, Swami Rama, Tom Dowd, and Colette Marchand. After him are Fernand Decanali, Bob Tinning, Phillip V. Tobias, William Jones, Božena Srncová, and James Moody. Among people deceased in 2003, Edward F. Moore ranks 338Before him are John Aston Sr., Rachel Corrie, Grigory Mkrtychan, Rajko Žižić, Trevor Ford, and Sheb Wooley. After him are Eddie Thomson, Fritz Spengler, Steve O'Rourke, C. Douglas Dillon, Bill Bright, and Lou Harrison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward F. Moore ranks 11,102 out of 20,380Before him are Benji Gregory (1978), Elliott Abrams (1948), Chloe Jones (1975), Donald E. Williams (1942), Sydney Schanberg (1934), and Peter Donlon (1906). After him are Lynn-Holly Johnson (1958), Lloyd C. Douglas (1877), Naya Rivera (1987), Kevin Cheng (1969), Jerry Adler (1929), and Rob Paulsen (1956).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Edward F. Moore ranks 104Before him are Evan Williams (1972), Ralph Merkle (1952), Dave Cutler (1942), Alan Cooper (1952), Peter Shor (1959), and Henriette Avram (1919). After him are Brian Acton (1972), Hans Reiser (1963), Elizabeth J. Feinler (1931), Douglas Crockford (1955), Paul Buchheit (1977), and Craig Federighi (1969).