Reynold B. Johnson
- January 10, 2024
- Computer Scientist
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Reynold B. Johnson |
| Occupation | Computer Scientist |
| Date Of Birth | Jul 16, 1906(1906-07-16) |
| Age | 118 |
| Date Of Death | September 15, 1998, Palo Alto, CA |
| Birthplace | Minnesota |
| Country | United States |
| Birth City | Minnesota |
| Horoscope | Cancer |
Reynold B. Johnson Biography
| Name | Reynold B. Johnson |
| Birthday | Jul 16 |
| Birth Year | 1906 |
| Place Of Birth | Minnesota |
| Home Town | Minnesota |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
Reynold B. Johnson is one of the most popular and richest Computer Scientist who was born on July 16, 1906 in Minnesota, Minnesota, United States. Inventor and computer pioneer who invented the first computer hard disk drive while working for IBM in 1956. He also invented the videocassette tape while worming for Sony.
President Ronald Reagan awarded him the the National Medal of Technology in 1986 .
He had a daughter and two sons with his wife, Beatrice.
Reynold B. Johnson Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Computer Scientist |
| House | Living in own house. |
Reynold B. Johnson is one of the richest Computer Scientist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Reynold B. Johnson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He developed the technology to convert pencil-marked card to be converted to punch cards readable by computers, which became popular in both the private and public sector businesses.
The first disk drive he built was made up of 50 double-sided magnetic disks, each 24 inches in diameter, and together weighing a ton; it stored 5 megabytes of data.
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Reynold Ranked on the list of most popular Computer Scientist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Reynold B. Johnson celebrates birthday on July 16 of every year.
Who is known as the father of disk drive?
Reynold B. Johnson , a prolific inventor best known for creating the world’s first commercial computer disk drive, died on Tuesday in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 92.
What did Reynold B Johnson invent?
Hard disk drive
Who invented floppy disc?
IBM
What was the first hard drive?
Informed by Jacob Rabinow’s ideas at NBS, IBM developed and shipped the first commercial Hard Disk Drive (HDD), the Model 350 disk storage unit , to Zellerbach Paper, San Francisco in June 1956 as part of the IBM 305 RAMAC (Random Access Method of Accounting and Control) system.
Who invented 3.5 floppy disk?
The Floppy Disk Patent #3,668,658 was issued on June 6, 1972, with named inventors Ralph Flores and Herbert E. Thompson. The Floppy Disk Drive Patent #3,678,481 was issued July 18, 1972 with named inventors Warren L. Dalziel, Jay.