Holberton, Frances E.

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Frances E. Holberton, also known as Betty Holberton or Betty Snyder, started with the Eckert Mauchly Computer Corporation in the late 1940s and later worked for Remington Rand after it purchased Eckert Mauchly Corporation. She was a leading figure in programming language development for Remington Rand.

From the guide to the Frances E. Holberton papers, circa 1950s-1980s, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute. [cbi])

Early electronic computer programmer.

From the description of Oral history interview with Frances E. Holberton, 1983 April 14. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63283835

Leading figure in programming language development for Remington Rand.

From the description of Frances E. Holberton papers, ca. 1950-1980. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62435919

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associatedWith David W. Taylor Model Basin. corporateBody
associatedWith Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (Philadelphia, Pa.) corporateBody
associatedWith Hopper, Grace Murray, 1906-1992, interviewee. person
associatedWith Remington Rand, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Ross, James Baker, person
associatedWith United States. National Bureau of Standards. corporateBody
associatedWith UNIVAC Conference (1990 : Washington, D.C.) corporateBody
associatedWith UNIVAC Conference (1990 : Washington, D.C.) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
Subject
Ada (Computer program language)
BINAC
BINAC (Computer)
COBOL (Computer program language)
Computer industry
Computer programmers
Computer programming
Computers
ENIAC (Computer)
FORTRAN (Computer program language)
LARC (Computer)
Programming languages (Electronic computers)
Seac computer
Univac computer
Women electronic data processing personnel
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Death 2001-12-08

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