George E. Collins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George E. Collins

American mathematician

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1928

Place of Birth: Iowa, United States

Date of Death: 21-Nov-2017

Profession: computer scientist, mathematician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

George E.
Collins (January 10, 1928 in Stuart, Iowa – November 21, 2017 in Madison, Wisconsin) was an American mathematician and computer scientist.
He is the inventor of garbage collection by reference counting[G60] and of the method of quantifier elimination by cylindrical algebraic decomposition.[G75]He received his PhD from Cornell University in 1955.
He worked at IBM, the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1966–1986) Ohio State University, RISC-Linz, Delaware University, and North Carolina State University.