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Eckert, J(ohn Adam) Presper, Jr.
(b. 9 April 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; d. 3 June 1995 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania), electrical engineer who invented and built the computers that initiated the digital age.
Eckert was the only child of John P.
Eckert, Sr., a self-made millionaire builder of parking garages and apartment buildings, and Ethel Hallowell, a homemaker whose grandfather had been a successful inventor and manufacturer of confectionery equipment.
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As a boy, Eckert traveled extensively with his family throughout the United States, Europe, and the Middle East. He was five when his father brought home one of the earliest radio sets, and he was instantly captivated, building a succession of radios and other electronic sound devices throughout his school years.
One of his most ambitious tinkerings was a table-top pond on which boats were manipulated by magnets on tracks underneath the table—when he was twelve the toy won him first prize in a Philadelphia hobby fair.