Samuel Caldwell

Name: Samuel Hawks Caldwell

Born: January 15, 1904

Death: October 12, 1960 (Age: 56)

Computer-related contributions

• American electrical engineer.
• Known for his pioneering work with early computers.
• Helped develop the Differential Analyzer.
• Initiated the Rockefeller Electronic Computer, also known as RED.
• Was on the National Defense Research Committee during World War II.

Significant publications

• Switching circuits and logical design (1958).
• Analog and special purpose computing machines (1949).
• Electrical Engineering Research at MIT (1948).
• Essentials of Alternating Currents (1939).