Not a portrait

Ivan Atanasov

1876–1956

Where you meet Ivan Atanasov

Cut-out detail; background removed. Reconstructed add-subtract module from the Atanasoff–Berry Computer. — ArnoldReinhold · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The Bulgarian connection begins with John Atanasoff's father.

Scene 2 · John Vincent Atanasoff

In Ames, Iowa, John Atanasoff wants to save hours of calculation.

Scene 1 · John Vincent Atanasoff

The court finds that the claimed invention derives from Atanasoff.

Scene 5 · John Vincent Atanasoff

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Photograph · Unknown photographer; Bulgarian Archives State Agency, State Archives – Ruse · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Georgi Ivanov
Not a portrait · Unspecified · CC0 · British Library via Wikimedia Commons
Darea, Baroness Zouche
Photographic portrait · Inot · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ekaterina Karavelova
Photographic portrait · Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Dimitrana Ivanova
Not a portrait · Ivano Giambattista · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pavel Deikov
Not a portrait · Ivano Giambattista · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
Petko Deikov

20th century

John Vincent Atanasoff

Sources

JVA Initiative Committee; Iowa State University Global Connections John Vincent Atanasoff Discovery Center
University of Florida, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering John Vincent Atanasoff Department history
Благовест Сендов; quoted memoir excerpt by John V. Atanasoff Джон Атанасов: Пионерът на информационната ера PDF Природа (БАН) · 2013 · 44–51

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Wikimedia geographical database contributors Boyadzhik: geographical record Wikimedia geographical database
Wikimedia geographical database contributors Iowa State University, Ames: geographical record Wikimedia geographical database
Wikimedia geographical database contributors Sofia: geographical record Wikimedia geographical database
Eye Steel Film (provider); Lomita / Wikimedia Commons (processing); original photographer unknown File:ATANASOFF Pic^2 - Flickr - Eye Steel Film.jpg Wikimedia Commons
Irving H. Anellis John Vincent Atanasoff – His Place in the History of Computer Logic and Technology PDF Modern Logic 7(1) · 1997

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Not a portrait

Original photographer unknown · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Not a portrait: His son John Vincent Atanasoff. Archival photograph of the son, not the father.

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Portrait of John Atanasoff. Provider: Eye Steel Film; processing: Lomita / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. The original photographer and date are Unknown. Processed image.

Where you meet Ivan Atanasov

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Atanasoff and the computer dispute

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