Charles Stark Draper, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Stark Draper

American engineer

Date of Birth: 02-Oct-1901

Place of Birth: Windsor, Missouri, United States

Date of Death: 25-Jul-1987

Profession: engineer, computer scientist, physicist, inventor, university teacher, aerospace engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Charles Stark "Doc" Draper (October 2, 1901 – July 25, 1987) was an American scientist and engineer, known as the "father of inertial navigation".
He was the founder and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Instrumentation Laboratory, later renamed the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, which made the Apollo Moon landings possible through the Apollo Guidance Computer it designed for NASA.