Computer scientist
John McCarthy
Coined the term artificial intelligence for a 1956 workshop, invented Lisp, and proposed time-sharing, which is the ancestor of cloud computing.
John McCarthy was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist. He was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence, and part of just a small group of artificial intelligence researchers in the 1950s and 1960s. He co-authored the proposal for the Dartmouth workshop which coined the term "artificial intelligence" (AI), led the development of the symbolic programming language family Lisp and had a large influence in the language ALGOL, popularized time-sharing, and created garbage collection.
- Born
- 1927-09-04, Boston, Massachusetts, USAA Sunday
- Died
- 2011-10-24, Stanford, California, USAA Monday, aged 84
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1927-09-04, Boston, Massachusetts, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 11°06′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 13°35′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 13°01′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 20°37′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Virgo | 26°10′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 0°47′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 1°44′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 2°14′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 27°15′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 16°46′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2011-10-24, Stanford, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 1°01′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 1°59′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 17°21′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 19°20′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 20°49′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 5°52′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Libra | 21°30′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 1°29′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 28°12′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 5°15′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment John McCarthy was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.