Science · Technology · 1927–2011
John McCarthy — Age & Birthday
Born: 4 September 1927 · Died: 24 October 2011 · Age at death: 84
How old was John McCarthy when he died?
John McCarthy died aged 84. He was born on 4 September 1927 and died on 24 October 2011.
Computer scientist who coined the term artificial intelligence
Did you know?He developed the Lisp programming language, which became the primary tool for research into machine intelligence for many decades.
John McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011) was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence, and part of just a small group of artificial intelligence researchers in the 1950s and 1960s.
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- Age at death
- 84
- Would be
- 99
- Years since death
- 15
- Born
- September 4, 1927 · Boston, United States
- Died
- October 24, 2011
- Cause of death
- Myocardial infarction
- Nationality
- American
- Known for
- Science, Technology
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