Norbert Wiener (1894 - 1964)

Born 26 Nov 1894 in Columbia, Boone, Missouri, United States

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Died 18 Mar 1964 at age 69 in Stockholm, Sweden

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Biography

Norbert Wiener is Notable.

Norbert was born in 1894. He passed away in 1964. He was an American mathematician and philosopher. He was a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A child prodigy, Wiener later became an early researcher in stochastic and mathematical noise processes, contributing work relevant to electronic engineering, electronic communication, and control systems.

Wiener is considered the originator of cybernetics, the science of communication as it relates to living things and machines, with implications for engineering, systems control, computer science, biology, neuroscience, philosophy, and the organization of society.

Norbert Wiener is credited as being one of the first to theorize that all intelligent behavior was the result of feedback mechanisms, that could possibly be simulated by machines and was an important early step towards the development of modern artificial intelligence.

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• Wikipedia: Norbert Wiener
• Wikidata: Item Q178577, en:Wikipedia
• https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Wiener_Norbert/
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9TV-7QK : accessed 11 August 2021), Norbert Wiener in household of Leo Wiener, Foxboro town (south & west part), Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1035, sheet 16A, family 277, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,669.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2V4-RTB : accessed 11 August 2021), Norbirt Wiener in household of Leo Wiener, Cambridge Ward 9, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 780, sheet 16A, family 288, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 596; FHL microfilm 1,374,609.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZJM-FX8 : 23 February 2021), Norbert Wiener, 1917-1918.
• "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5B-SBYN : 16 March 2018), Norbert Wiener, 1922; citing Passport Application, Massachusetts, United States, source certificate #127157, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 653, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX94-NT9 : 2 March 2021), Norbert Wiener, 1925; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZM-QSX8 : 22 July 2021), Norbert Wiener and Marguerite Engemann, 27 Mar 1926; citing Marriage, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
• "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WQX2-RR6Z : 26 October 2019), Norbert Wiener, Feb 1919; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7304697/norbert-wiener
• Philadelphia Daily News; Publication Date: 19 Mar 1964; Publication Place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/184937630/?article=0d18af08-e01f-48d5-bfb0-85d839e55e5e&focus=0.4390962,0.05368962,0.7790252,0.2998808&xid=3355