Birth Name: Richard Hamming
Occupation: Computer Scientist
Place Of Birth: Chicago
Date Of Birth: February 11, 1915
Date Of Death: January 7, 1998
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Richard Hamming was born on the 11th of February, 1915. He was known for being a Computer Scientist. Computer pioneer who discovered a way for machines to correct their own errors. His groundbreaking work led the way to technologies like modems and compact discs.
Richard Hamming was born in Chicago. He had prodigious talent for mathematics from his grade school days, and after a Ph.D. in math he joined the Manhattan Project, working on its cutting-edge atom bomb research during World War II. His methods for finding and correcting single errors in large strings of data became known as Hamming Codes and was first used in digital communication equipment at Bell Labs.
Richard Hamming was a Aquarius and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Richard Hamming was born in 1910s. The 1910s represented the culmination of European militarism. Discover what happened on this day.
Richard Hamming is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
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Family
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Richard Hamming was born in the Year of the Rabbit.
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| REAL NAME: | Richard Hamming |
| NICKNAME: | Richard |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Aquarius |
| BIRTH DAY: | Thursday |
| DEATH DAY: | Wednesday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Richard Hamming was a Aquarius. People of this zodiac sign like to have fun with friends, help others, fight for causes, are a good listener and dislike broken promises, being bored, and people who disagree with them. The strengths of this sign are being independent, original, while the weaknesses can be running from emotional expression, temperamental and uncompromising. The greatest overall compatibility with Aquarius is Leo and Sagittarius.
Chinese Zodiac: Richard Hamming was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are popular because they're sincere and avoid conflict. Though they're sensitive, they also hesitate, which makes them lose on chances.
Ruling Planet: Richard Hamming had a ruling planet of Uranus and has a ruling planet of Uranus. Back the early 2,000 B.C. the outer planets, Neptune and Pluto, were not yet discovered, since the telescope had not yet been invented. Astrologers and astronomers could only work with planets visible to the eye.
Richard Hamming’s birth sign is Aquarius and he had a ruling planet of Uranus.
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