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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Mary Kenneth Keller

1913 - 1985

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Mary Kenneth Keller, B.V.M. (December 17, 1913 – January 10, 1985) was an American Catholic religious sister, educator and pioneer in computer science. She was the first person to earn a Ph.D. in computer science in the United States. Keller and Irving C. Tang were the first two recipients of computer science doctorates (Keller's Ph.D. and Tang's D.Sc. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Kenneth Keller has received more than 208,939 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Mary Kenneth Keller is the 67th most popular computer scientist (up from 86th in 2019), the 4,255th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,242nd in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Mary Kenneth Keller ranks 67 out of 201Before her are Larry Wall, Ole-Johan Dahl, Larry Tesler, Gary Kildall, Adam Osborne, and Dana Scott. After her are John Draper, John Henry Holland, John Cocke, Ron Rivest, Judea Pearl, and James H. Wilkinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Mary Kenneth Keller ranks 156Before her are Vicente Calderón, Anthony Quayle, Johann Niemann, Malcom McLean, Lewis A. Coser, and Sourou-Migan Apithy. After her are Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, Lilian Jackson Braun, Gustaaf Deloor, Salvador Espriu, Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, and Huang Hua. Among people deceased in 1985, Mary Kenneth Keller ranks 108Before her are Pavel Batov, Gaston Rébuffat, Margaret Hamilton, René Barjavel, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, and Julian Beck. After her are Salvador Espriu, John G. Trump, Renato Castellani, Oreco, Jock Stein, and Vivien Thomas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Kenneth Keller ranks 4,255 out of 18,182Before her are June Squibb (1929), Jane Badler (1953), Tiny Tim (1932), Carlos Hathcock (1942), Anthony Delon (1964), and Michael S. Hart (1947). After her are Helen Stephens (1918), Eric Maskin (1950), Willa Cather (1873), Tommy Thayer (1960), Donn F. Eisele (1930), and William J. Burns (1956).

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In United States

Among computer scientists born in United States, Mary Kenneth Keller ranks 41Before her are Vernor Vinge (1944), Gil Amelio (1943), Larry Wall (1954), Larry Tesler (1945), Gary Kildall (1942), and Dana Scott (1932). After her are John Henry Holland (1929), John Cocke (1925), Ron Rivest (1947), Leonard Adleman (1945), Ed Roberts (1941), and Martin Hellman (1945).