Leslie Comrie

Name: Leslie John Comrie

Born: August 15, 1893, in Pukekohe, New Zealand

Death: December 11, 1950 (Age: 57)

Computer-related contributions

• Astronomer and a pioneer in mechanical computation.
• In 1928, he was the first to use punched card equipment for scientific calculations.

Significant publications

• Errors in Mathematical Tables (1942).
• The total solar eclipse of 1940 October 1 (1933).
• Eclipse of Rhea by the shadow of Titan (1921).

Honors and awards

• Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (1950).
• A lunar crater (23.3N 112.7W) and an asteroid, 3521 Comrie, bear his name.