harold, seward, july, 1930, june, 2012, computer, scientist, engineer, inventor, seward, developed, radix, sort, counting, sort, algorithms, 1954, also, worked, whirlwind, computer, developed, instruments, that, powered, guidance, systems, apollo, spacecraft, . Harold H Seward July 24 1930 June 19 2012 was a computer scientist engineer and inventor Seward developed the radix sort and counting sort algorithms in 1954 at MIT 2 He also worked on the Whirlwind Computer and developed instruments that powered the guidance systems for the Apollo spacecraft and Polaris missile 3 4 Harold Herbert SewardBorn 1930 07 24 July 24 1930Rutland Vermont United StatesDiedJune 19 2012 2012 06 19 aged 81 1 Arlington Massachusetts United StatesCitizenshipUnited StatesAlma materNorwich University Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyKnown forRadix sort and Counting sort Whirlwind ComputerSpouseJanet SewardScientific careerFieldsComputer ScienceInstitutionsMIT Instrumentation Laboratory MIT Lincoln Laboratory HH ControlsDoctoral advisorCharles W AdamsReferences edit HAROLD H SEWARD Obituary View HAROLD SEWARD s Obituary by The Boston Globe Legacy com 2012 06 19 Retrieved 2012 06 30 Huang Chenn Jung Guan Chih Tai Chuang Yi Ta Enhanced Generic Key Address Mapping Sort Algorithm PDF p 2 Archived from the original PDF on 5 July 2017 Retrieved 2023 04 20 US patent 3137794 Seward Harold H Directionally Sensitive Light Detector issued 1964 06 16 US patent 3657549 Low George M Seward Harold H amp Gorstein Mark et al Two Color Horizon Sensor issued 1972 04 18 P NP This biographical article relating to a computer scientist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Harold H Seward amp oldid 1194516172, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,