Mathematician & educator

Seymour Papert

South African mathematician who created the Logo programming language so children could think about thinking.

Seymour Aubrey Papert was a South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, who spent most of his career teaching and researching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence, and of the constructionist movement in education. He was co-inventor, with Wally Feurzeig and Cynthia Solomon, of the Logo programming language.

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Born
1928-02-29, Pretoria, South AfricaA Wednesday
Died
2016-07-31, Blue Hill, USAA Sunday, aged 88
At birth
Sun in Pisces, Moon in Gemini
Nationality
United States
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1928-02-29, Pretoria, South Africa · time unknown, noon chart

Africa/Johannesburgthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunPisces9°35′Direct
MoonGemini25°58′Direct
MercuryAquarius29°50′Retrograde
VenusAquarius8°15′Direct
MarsAquarius0°52′Direct
JupiterAries7°43′Direct
SaturnSagittarius18°27′Direct
UranusAries2°01′Direct
NeptuneLeo27°29′Retrograde
PlutoCancer15°08′Retrograde

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Death Chart

2016-07-31, Blue Hill, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe zone used then

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Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLeo8°51′Direct
MoonCancer10°58′Direct
MercuryVirgo1°23′Direct
VenusLeo23°53′Direct
MarsScorpio29°14′Direct
JupiterVirgo22°00′Direct
SaturnSagittarius9°54′Retrograde
UranusAries24°30′Retrograde
NeptunePisces11°28′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn15°38′Retrograde

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