Alexandra Illmer Forsythe

Alexandra Illmer Forsythe
BornMay 20, 1918
Newton, Massachusetts, US
DiedJanuary 2, 1980 (1980-01-03) (aged 61)
Santa Clara County, California, US
Alma materSwarthmore College
Vassar
Brown University
Known forWriting the first computer science textbook
SpouseGeorge Forsythe
ChildrenDiana E. Forsythe
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics, computer science
InstitutionsStanford 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]

  1. ^ Narins, Brigham (2002). World of Computer Science: A-L. Gale Group. pp. 243. ISBN 9780787649609.
  2. ^ "The Ada Project". www.women.cs.cmu.edu. Archived from the original on March 26, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  3. ^ Inman, James A. (2004). Computers and Writing: The Cyborg Era. Routledge. p. 67. ISBN 9781135636951.