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December 5, 1965: First Computer Science Degree: Richard Wexelblat


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<img decoding="async" width="300" height="300" data-tf-not-load src="http://vid.geekazine.com/dith/uploads/2012/12/41IACsUuDLL._SL500_AA300_1.jpg" alt="Richard Wexelblat - History of Programming Languages" class="wp-image-20375" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/41IACsUuDLL._SL500_AA300_1.jpg 300w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/41IACsUuDLL._SL500_AA300_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/41IACsUuDLL._SL500_AA300_1-65x65.jpg 65w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />Richard Wexelblat – History of Programming Languages

1965 – Richard Wexelblat was the first candidate to complete his doctoral dissertation, hence giving him a degree in “Computer Science“. It was presented at the University of Pennsylvania – Moore School of Electrical Engineering. Richard went on to write the “History of Programming Languages” (ISBN:0-12-745040-8)

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