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Seymour Papert

1928-02-29 – 2016-07-31

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Seymour Papert, at the OLPC offices in Cambridge, Mass. in 2006. Crop of photo taken by ak_mardini; originally uploaded to Flickr under a cc-by-sa license.Credit: ak_mardini

Life & Legacy

Seymour Aubrey Papert (; 29 February 1928 – 31 July 2016) was a South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, who spent most of his career teaching and researching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, and of the constructionist movement in education. He was co-inventor, with Wally Feurzeig and Cynthia Solomon, of the Logo programming language.

Occupation & Career

mathematician, computer scientist, educator, university teacher, psychologist, artificial intelligence researcher

Education

University of the Witwatersrand; St John's College; University of Geneva; University of Cambridge

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Guggenheim Fellowship; Marconi Prize; Mindstorms: Children, Computers and Powerful Ideas; Logo; One Laptop per Child; Perceptrons; Lego Mindstorms

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship · Marconi Prize

Employer

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Notable Work

Lego Mindstorms · Logo · Mindstorms: Children, Computers and Powerful Ideas · One Laptop per Child · Perceptrons

Education & Institutions

St John's College · University of Cambridge · University of Geneva · University of the Witwatersrand

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q335027 — wikidata View source

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