Pioneers

Gerrit Blaauw

Computer Architecture

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General Reference

Computing Atlas. "Gerrit Blaauw." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/gerrit-blaauw.

APA Style

Computing Atlas. (n.d.). Gerrit Blaauw. Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/gerrit-blaauw

BibTeX

@misc{computingatlas-gerrit-blaauw,
  author = {Computing Atlas},
  title = {Gerrit Blaauw},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-computing.interactiveatlas.org/pioneers/gerrit-blaauw},
  note = {Accessed September 1, 2026}
}

Gerrit Anne Blaauw was a Dutch computer scientist known as one of the principal designers of the IBM System/360 line of computers, working alongside Fred Brooks, Gene Amdahl and others.

Facts

Birth Year

1924 1

Birth Date

1924-07-17 1

Death Year

2018 1

Death Date

2018-03-21 1

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1. Wikipedia: Gerrit Blaauw

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Gerrit Anne Blaauw was a Dutch computer scientist known as one of the principal designers of the IBM System/360 line of computers, working alongside Fred Brooks, Gene Amdahl and others.

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