Niels Bech

Name: Niels Ivar Bech

Born: 1920 in Lemvig, Denmark

Death: July 25, 1975 (Age: 55)

Computer-related contributions

• One of Europe's most creative leaders and inventors in the field of electronic digital computers.
• Assigned by KTAS to assist in building DASK (DAnsk BESK) project.
• Developed a prototype of GIER and by the end of 1962 had produced 18 GIER computers.
• One of his early developments was a high-speed paper-tape reader, the RC2000, which read at the unprecedented rate of 2000 characters per second.