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Birth Name:

William Goddard (engineer)

Male

Birth Date:

Thu, Jul 10, 1913

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States

Age:

111

Zodiac Sign:

Cancer

Astrology Data:

Sun

17°

Can

50'

About William Goddard (engineer)

William A. Goddard (July 10, 1913 in St. Joseph, Missouri – September 29, 1997 in Chico, California) was an American engineer and inventor. He earned a degree in physics from Occidental College. Before working in industry, Goddard was a high school science teacher in Los Angeles. He briefly worked in the aerospace industry for North American Aviation, Inc. before becoming an engineer at International Business Machines (IBM). His most acclaimed achievement is co-inventing along with John Lynott United States Patent 3,503,060, which is entitled “Direct Access Magnetic Disc Storage Device”. This invention is the claims modern-day hard disk drives.

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External Links:

• Chicoan Recalls Early Days of Computers Seattle Post-Intelligencer

• Hitachi Absorbs IBM Hard-Disk Unit, Announces New Drives Computerworld

• Project RAMAC Update Magnetic Disk Heritage Center

• 350 Storage Unit IBM Storage Product Profiles

• The IBM 350 RAMAC Disk File IBM

• Life Without Hard Disk Drives PC Guide

• Brief Historical Summary, IBM 350 RAMAC Disk Drive Magnetic Disk Heritage Center

• William Goddard National Inventors Hall of Fame

• The Random-Access Memory Accounting Machine IBM Journal

• San Jose City Council Names IBM Site Historical Landmark Magnetic Disk Heritage Center

• IBM Pioneers to be Inducted Into the National Inventors Hall of Fame IBM Press Room

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for William Goddard (engineer): Sun 17 Cancer, Moon 15 Libra, Mercury 13 Leo, Venus 2 Gemini, Mars 17 Taurus, Jupiter 12 Capricorn, Saturn 12 Gemini, Uranus 6 Aquarius, Neptune 25 Cancer, Pluto 0 Cancer, Mercury Quincunx Jupiter, Sun Sextile Mars, Mercury Sextile Saturn, Sun Semi Square Venus, Mercury Square Mars, Mercury Semi Square Pluto, Venus Trine Uranus, Mars Trine Jupiter, Mars Semi Square Pluto, Jupiter Quincunx Saturn, Saturn Semi Square Neptune

Categories related to William Goddard (engineer): 1997 deaths, July 10 births, 20th-century American inventors, Computer designers, 1913 births