(14. 10. 1907 Praha, CZ – 18. 5. 1980 Portland, US)
Student of Šimek in Prague
Studies of physics at Charles University in Prague
Researcher, Radiation Laboratory, MIT, US
Professor of practical analysis, Czech Technical University in Prague
Professor of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles
Founder and Director, Research Institute of Mathematical Machines, Prague
Pioneer of information science and computer design
Awarded by the Naval Ordance Development Award, US
Credit, Wikipedia. Available online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%C3%ADn_Svoboda
Oblonsky, J. G. Eloge: Antonin Svoboda, 1907-1980. In: Annals of the History of Computing, 2, 1980, 284-298.