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- Father of modern computer
- Henry Edward Roberts was an American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor who invented the first commercially successful personal computer in 1974.
- Born in Miami in 1941, Roberts served in the U.S. Air Force and earned an electrical engineering degree from Oklahoma State University in 1968.
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Ed Roberts (computer engineer)
American engineer, entrepreneur and doctor
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| Born | Henry Edward Roberts (1941-09-13)September 13, 1941 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Died | April 1, 2010(2010-04-01) (aged 68) Cochran, Georgia, U.S. |
| Education | University of Miami Oklahoma State University Mercer University |
| Occupation(s) | Electrical engineer Businessman Entrepreneur Farmer Medical doctor |
| Known for | Personal computer |
| Spouses | Joan Clark (m. 1962; div. 1988)Donna Mauldin (m. 1991; div. 1999)Rosa Cooper (m. 2000) |
| Children | 6 |
Henry EdwardRoberts (September 13, 1941 – April 1, 2010) was an American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor who invented the first commercially successful personal computer in 1974.[1] He is most often known as "the fatherof the personal computer."[2]
Roberts founded Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (M
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PC maker, inspiration for Microsoft, dies
Dr. Henry Edward Roberts, a developer of an early personal computer that inspired Bill Gates to found Microsoft, died Thursday in Georgia. He was 68.
Roberts, whose build-it-yourself kit concentrated thousands of dollars worth of computer capability in an affordable package, inspired Bill Gates and his childhood friend Paul Allen to come up with Microsoft in 1975 after they saw an article about the MITS Altair 8800 in Popular Electronics. (Msnbc.com is a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC Universal.)
Roberts, an ex-military man, later went on to careers as a farmer and a physician, but continued to keep up with computer advances: He recently told Gates he hoped to work with new, nanotechnology-enhanced machines, according to son David Roberts.
"He did think it was pretty neat, some of the stuff they're doing with the processors," said David Roberts, who confirmed Gates rushed to Georgia Friday to be with his mentor.
Roberts died in a Macon hospital after a long bout with pneumonia, according to his family.
"Ed was willing to take
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Henry Edward Roberts (1941 - 2010)
HenryEdward(Ed)Roberts
Son of Henry Melvin Roberts and Edna (Wilcher) Roberts
Brother of Cheryl Rebecca Roberts
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Ed Roberts was an American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor who invented the first commercially successful personal computer in 1975, the Altair 8800.
Roberts was born on 13 Sept 1941 in Miami, Florida to Henry Melvin Roberts and Edna Wilcher Roberts. His sister Cheryl was born in 1947. He married Joan Clark in 1962 and they had five sons and a daughter together. He was also married to Donna Mauldin 1991, and Rosa Cooper 2000. He died 1 Apr 2010.
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