Harold H. Seward Explained

Harold Herbert Seward
Birth Date:	July 24, 1930
Birth Place:	Rutland, Vermont, United States
Death Date:	^[1]
Death Place:	Arlington, Massachusetts, United States
Spouse:	Janet Seward
Fields:	Computer Science
Doctoral Advisor:	Charles W. Adams

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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: HAROLD H. SEWARD Obituary: View HAROLD SEWARD's Obituary by The Boston Globe . Legacy.com . 2012-06-19 . 2012-06-30.
2. Web site: Huang . Chenn-Jung . Guan . Chih-Tai . Chuang . Yi-Ta . Enhanced Generic Key-Address Mapping Sort Algorithm . dead . http://par.cse.nsysu.edu.tw/~algo/paper/paper06/C15.pdf . 5 July 2017 . PDF . 2023-04-20 . 2 .
3. US . 3137794 . patent . Directionally Sensitive Light Detector . 1964-06-16 . 1960-06-28 . Seward, Harold H..
4. US . 3657549 . patent . Two-Color Horizon Sensor . 1972-04-18 . 1970-5-21 . Low, George M. . Seward, Harold H. . Gorstein, Mark . McWilliams, Ian G..