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Alan Kay

Formal name:	Alan Kay
Date of birth:	Unknown date of birth Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Contributions:	Help create the idea of a laptop computer with his Dynabook prototype while at Xerox PARC. Helped develop the GUI while at Xerox PARC. Helped develop Smalltalk while at Xerox PARC. Helped develop Ethernet, Laser Printing, and the Client-Server network model.
Company:	Disney
Quotes:	"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
Related People:	Douglas Engelbart, Robert Metcalfe

Alan Turing

Formal name:	Alan Mathison Turing
Date of birth:	June 23, 1912 Paddington, London
Date of death:	June 7, 1954 Wilmslow, Cheshire
Contributions:	Credited as the founder of computer science. Developed the Turing Machine in 1936. Developed the Turing Test.
Web page:	http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/index.html

Allen, Paul

Please see Paul Allen on our Computer People - P page.

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