Willem Louis van der Poel | |
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| Born | 2 December 1926 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Died | 22 July 2024 (aged 97) Zoetermeer, Netherlands |
| Citizenship | Netherlands |
| Education | Delft University of Technology (B.S. 1950) University of Amsterdam (Ph.D. 1956) |
| Known for | Designing ZEBRA computer ALGOL work |
| Awards | Computer Pioneer Award (1984) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computer science |
| Institutions | Delft University of Technology |
| Thesis | The Logical Principles of Some Simple Computers (1956) |
Willem Louis van der Poel (2 December 1926 – 22 July 2024) was a Dutch computer scientist, who is known for designing one of the first computers to be designed in the Netherlands, the Zeer Eenvoudige Binaire Reken Automaat (ZEBRA), translated as Very Simple Binary Automatic Calculator.