Samuel Fedida, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Samuel Fedida

English inventor and businessman

Date of Birth: 04-May-1918

Place of Birth: Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt

Date of Death: 01-Jan-2007

Profession: computer scientist, inventor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Samuel Fedida

  • Samuel Fedida, OBE (4 May 1918 – 2007) was an Egyptian-born British telecommunication engineer responsible at Prestel for the development of Viewdata.Fedida was born in Alexandria, Egypt.
  • He had the idea for Viewdata in 1968 after reading a publication with the title The Computer as Communications Device.
  • The first prototype became operational in 1974.
  • In 1977 the system was introduced in the United Kingdom.
  • He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1980 Birthday Honours.

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