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Frances Spence

1922 - 2012

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Frances V. Spence (née Bilas; March 2, 1922 – July 18, 2012) was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC (the first electronic digital computer). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frances Spence has received more than 118,535 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Frances Spence is the 283rd most popular engineer (down from 272nd in 2019), the 7,281st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,233rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Engineer.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Frances Spence ranks 283 out of 323. Before her are Alan Shugart, Mikhail Tikhonravov, Arthur E. Kennelly, Hideo Itokawa, Geoffrey de Havilland, and William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong. After her are Jesse Ramsden, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Yuri Artsutanov, Boris Lisunov, Friedrich L. Bauer, and Otmar Szafnauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Frances Spence ranks 304. Before her are José Juncosa, Luis Aponte Martínez, John Braine, Umberto Betti, Ruth Roman, and Lloyd La Beach. After her are José Craveirinha, Kathryn Grayson, Per Olof Sundman, Valentine Telegdi, Barbara Hale, and José Luis Panizo. Among people deceased in 2012, Frances Spence ranks 298. Before her are Claude Cheysson, Piermario Morosini, Roberto Mieres, Jack Taylor, Brigitte Engerer, and Othmar Schneider. After her are Salvador Reyes Monteón, Horst Faas, Leon Schlumpf, Jenni Rivera, Paul Kurtz, and Geoffrey Hughes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frances Spence ranks 7,281 out of 18,182. Before her are Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856), Julius J. Epstein (1909), Marilyn Maxwell (1921), Ramsey Lewis (1935), Nicholas Meyer (1945), and Mac Miller (1992). After her are Andrew McCarthy (1962), Adam Silver (1962), Wovoka (1856), Bobcat Goldthwait (1962), Lewis Stone (1879), and Pete Docter (1968).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Frances Spence ranks 32. Before her are Frederick Terman (1900), Jack Parsons (1914), Ransom E. Olds (1864), K. Eric Drexler (1955), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), and Alan Shugart (1930). After her are Butler Lampson (1943), Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898), Robert H. Dennard (1932), Chuck Peddle (1937), Sidney Darlington (1906), and Gordon Bell (1934).

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