Alexandra Illmer Forsythe | |
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Born | May 20, 1918 |
Died | January 2, 1980 | (aged 61)
Alma mater | Swarthmore College Vassar Brown University |
Known for | Writing the first computer science textbook |
Spouse | George Forsythe |
Children | Diana E. Forsythe |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics, computer science |
Institutions | Stanford University University of Utah |
Alexandra Winifred Illmer Forsythe (May 20, 1918 – January 2, 1980) was an American computer scientist best known for co-authoring a series of computer science textbooks[1] during the 1960s and 1970s,[2] including the first ever computer science textbook, Computer Science: A First Course, in 1969.[3]