John Vincent Atanasoff, was a world renowned inventor and physicist. He created the world's first digital computing device. John was born on October 4th 1903 in Hamilton New York. He was raised in New York. His mother was an english teacher and his father was a industrial engineer. His father Ivan was an immigrant and came through ellis island into America. Shortly after John was born his parents moved to Brewster Florida. His father was working as an industrial engineer at the time. John was a very bright little boy, he enjoyed learning and accelerated in his academics. He developed a love for math and science at a young age. His mother taught him how to solve problems with multi based number systems. At the beginning of High school he he…show more content… Shortly after graduation he accepted a teaching job at the Iowa State college, because they had an excellent program for science and engineering. He taught mathematics at the university. While not teaching he was working on his master's degree. John was not only an active teacher he was also an active member of the Dixie Club. A club for southerners, that's where he meet his wife Lura Meeks. Lura was an economics major. In June of 1926 he received his masters degree in mathematics. Later that same month he married Lura and they had their first child Elisa. John and his family then moved to Madison Wisconsin, because John had been accepted as a doctoral candidate. His doctoral thesis was about the dielectric constant of helium. While working on his thesis he had to do lots of complex computing, he got the opportunity to work with the Monroe calculator. While working with the Monroe machine he began to develop an interest in creating a faster computing machine. He received his PHD in theoretical physics from the University of Wisconsin. John studied under many brilliant scientists. He studied under John Hasbrouck Vanvleck, who later became a Nobel Peace
