COMPUTER SCIENTIST

J. C. R. Licklider

1915 - 1990

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Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (; March 11, 1915 – June 26, 1990), known simply as J. C. R. or "Lick", was an American psychologist and computer scientist who is considered to be among the most prominent figures in computer science development and general computing history. He is particularly remembered for being one of the first to foresee modern-style interactive computing and its application to all manner of activities; and also as an Internet pioneer with an early vision of a worldwide computer network long before it was built. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. C. R. Licklider has received more than 575,679 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). J. C. R. Licklider is the 44th most popular computer scientist (down from 33rd in 2019), the 3,063rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,358th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Computer Scientist.

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  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, J. C. R. Licklider ranks 44 out of 245. Before him are Jef Raskin, Alan Perlis, Frances E. Allen, Edmund M. Clarke, Charles Bachman, and Amir Pnueli. After him are Joseph Weizenbaum, John Cocke, James Gosling, Brian Kernighan, Nolan Bushnell, and Fred Brooks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, J. C. R. Licklider ranks 98. Before him are Philip Morrison, Horst Sindermann, László Csatáry, Prince George William of Hanover, André Frossard, and Caterina Boratto. After him are Raúl Alberto Lastiri, John Vorster, Richard Hamming, Tim, Artur London, and Marais Viljoen. Among people deceased in 1990, J. C. R. Licklider ranks 97. Before him are Horst Sindermann, Vaso Čubrilović, Carlos Peucelle, Hayedeh, Semyon Kurkotkin, and Shigeo Shingo. After him are Gerald Bull, Hans Freudenthal, Paul Tortelier, Stefano Casiraghi, Berta Karlik, and Xavier Cugat.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. C. R. Licklider ranks 3,063 out of 20,380. Before him are Ted Levine (1957), Richard Chase (1950), Levi P. Morton (1824), Richard Conte (1910), Mangas Coloradas (1792), and Tommy Bolin (1951). After him are Ellen Pompeo (1969), Eric Maskin (1950), Mortimer J. Adler (1902), Tiny Tim (1932), Suzanne Pleshette (1937), and Debra Paget (1933).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, J. C. R. Licklider ranks 27. Before him are Leonard Kleinrock (1934), Jef Raskin (1943), Alan Perlis (1922), Frances E. Allen (1932), Edmund M. Clarke (1945), and Charles Bachman (1924). After him are John Cocke (1925), Nolan Bushnell (1943), Fred Brooks (1931), Leslie Lamport (1941), Edwin Catmull (1945), and Vernor Vinge (1944).

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